cargo hold

Freight storage compartment

A cargo hold is the compartment in a ship or aircraft where goods and freight are stored during transport.

On ships, the hold is typically below deck; on planes, it's the pressurized space beneath the passenger cabin where checked luggage and cargo travel: The crew loaded containers into the cargo hold.

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bilge · containerization · lashing · manifest · stevedore · deck crew · dunnage · hatch · fuselage · air freight · enclosure · hull · loading · load capacity · crates · weight distribution · dead weight · tonnage

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ship/aircraft compartment function

cargo holdpassenger cabin

Enclosed traveler seating area

stateroom · passenger deck · crew quarters · first class cabin · living quarters

vessel space allocation

cargo holdbridge

Structure spanning an obstacle

control room · wheelhouse · engine room · command center · pilothouse

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