Collocations for shipment - noun
1. quantity of goods sent from one place to another
ADJ.
arms, drug, oil, plutonium, weapons, etc.
VERB + SHIPMENT
receive, send | escort
An armed patrol boat will escort the shipment.
An armed patrol boat will escort the shipment.
seize
Customs officers have seized a large shipment of cocaine.
Customs officers have seized a large shipment of cocaine.
PREP.
~ of
a shipment of arms
a shipment of arms
2. act of transporting goods
ADJ.
illegal | bulk | onward
taken to Aqaba in Jordan for onward shipment to Brazil
taken to Aqaba in Jordan for onward shipment to Brazil
waste
trying to ban toxic waste shipments
trying to ban toxic waste shipments
VERB + SHIPMENT
await
large quantities of food awaiting shipment to the worst affected areas
large quantities of food awaiting shipment to the worst affected areas
arrange, begin, make | ban, stop | resume
PREP.
~ from
to arrange a shipment from India
to arrange a shipment from India
~ to
illegal shipment of arms to the Third World
illegal shipment of arms to the Third World