Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: consignment
IPA transcription: [kəns'aɪnmənt]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: consignment
    Meaning: the delivery of goods for sale or disposal
  • Synonyms: commitment, committal, consignment
    Meaning: the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
  • Synonyms: cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment
    Meaning: goods carried by a large vehicle
Usage examples
  • It stood by a shed full of sacked wool, a consignment from one of the sheep ranches.
  • On one occasion, we are told, a consignment of shoes for the soldiers turned out to be in women's sizes.
  • At that simple but most solemn consignment of the body to the grave-"Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust!"--the tears of the youthful companions of the deceased flowed unrestrained.