boatload
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3.6
- noun
- /ˈboʊtloʊd/
:
carga
- I like watching the boatloads of eager tourists going out on these beautiful waters.
I mean, Black Sea bass, red snapper, gag grouper at one point, a lot of these Goliath grouper, there was trips where we'd come back with boatloads of Jew fish or Goliath grouper.
- I mean, Black Sea bass, red snapper, gag grouper at one point, a lot of these Goliath grouper, there was trips where we'd come back with boatloads of Jew fish or Goliath grouper.
Examples
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The various German states and principalities had shipped boatloads of settlers to the colonies through the port of Charleston.
Fiction book (1993) -
Six boatloads of hungry people.
Fiction book (1998) -
We arrived in Edinburgh two months ago yesterday, dragging our boatload of luggage and a baby in a stroller.
Blog text (23) -
The Steerage shows a boatload of immigrants standing on the upper and lower decks of a liner in mid-ocean.
Academic text (1998) -
The cargo ship arrived with a full boatload of supplies for the island.
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Last summer, the dock welcomed a boatload of vacationers eager to explore the beaches.
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The rescue operation brought in a boatload of refugees who had risked their lives at sea.
Synonyms
278
1.1
An amount of things carried at one time, like cargo on a vehicle
231
2.3
A load of goods sent together by one truck, plane, or ship
45
2.9
A very large amount about as much as fills a truck
23
2.3
A group of people that a bus carries
22
6.3
The goods carried by a vehicle like an airplane or truck
9
2.9
A large number of people or things that fill a car
4
3.8
The number of people or things on one plane trip
3
2.5
A large amount of goods carried by a ship
2
3.2
A large amount of goods that one train can carry
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3.5
An amount that fills a cart, often meaning a very large quantity
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3.4
An amount of goods that fills a van
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8.1
An amount large enough to fill a ship with goods or people
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3.0
An amount that fills a wagon
A full load of people or things in a boat
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Boatload is a simple combination of boat and load, where load means 'cargo' or 'what you carry', so it originally meant the amount a boat can carry.