intermodal

adjective

in·​ter·​mod·​al ˌin-tər-ˈmō-dəl How to pronounce intermodal (audio)
1
: being or involving transportation by more than one form of carrier during a single journey
2
: used for intermodal transport

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While the intermodal business—which generates 50 percent of revenue and 53 percent of operating income for J.B. Hunt—had strong 8 percent load volume growth, the freight brokerage saw segment volume decrease 13 percent. Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 17 Apr. 2025 Blank sailings out on the trans-Pacific trade lane are expected to contribute to a near-term pullback in intermodal volumes at Canadian National Railway (CN). Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 5 May 2025 Ahead of the Trump administration’s decision to levy port fees on Chinese ships, CSX chief financial officer Sean Pelkey said in March that the fees would be disruptive to both intermodal volumes and the wider supply chain. Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 21 Apr. 2025 The company’s transportation services include intermodal, truckload, less-than-truckload, flatbed, temperature-controlled, and dedicated and regional trucking, as well as final mile, railcar, small parcel and international transportation. Charles Rotblut, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for intermodal

Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of intermodal was in 1963

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“Intermodal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intermodal. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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