shipping
The transportation of goods.
Noun 4 meanings
The transportation of goods.
The body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry; ships collectively.
Passage or transport on a ship.
The cost of sending an item or package using postal or carrier services.
“The shipping is included in the quoted price.”
Etymology
From Middle English schipping, schyppynge, from schippen, schipen (“to take ship, navigate”), from Old English scipian (“to take ship; put in order, equip, man a ship”), equivalent to ship + -ing.
SHIPPING at a glance
SHIPPING has 8 letters and scores 16 points in Scrabble (S 1 + H 4 + I 1 + P 3 + P 3 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2) and 19 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,852 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with shipping
All rhymes- BEING8
- GOING7
- SOMETHING15
- DURING8
- THING9
- DOING7
- HAVING13
- GETTING9
- LOOKING12
- ANYTHING15
- NOTHING11
- EVERYTHING20
One letter away
- SHOPPING16
- SLIPPING13
- SKIPPING17
- WHIPPING19
- CHIPPING18
- SNIPPING13
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