load
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9.5
- noun
- /loʊd/
- Specialized
:
filón
- Each load of silver ore taken from the mine has distinct boundaries indicating its quality.
Examples
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The miners carefully extracted the valuable load of gold ore from the rock face.
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After months of digging, the team finally found a rich load of copper ore beneath the surface.
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I think we hit the mother load.
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I hope to exchange this load of stones for a few old sins.
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There is a panel of the outer wall, with the main load-bearing columns clearly visible.
Blog text (5) -
After we blow the pocket, we've got only 10 minutes to high-grade the ore load the bags, and start out.
Synonyms
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9.1
A rich vein of metal ore in the ground
Idioms
- Offensive
Informal and rude way to use up all your energy or resources at once
Compounds
- Specialized
1
3.7
The amount of work a doctor, lawyer, or agency has from the people they must help in a period
- Specialized
1
8.2
The amount of extra force on an aircraft compared with its weight, measured in g
- Specialized
1
5.5
A strong piece of wood or metal that holds the weight of parts of a building
How Large
Surface Forms
Etymology
Load in mining is linked to the old word lād meaning 'way' or 'course', and it became the word lode for a rich 'path' of metal in the ground. So a mining load or lode is a clear deposit or 'path' of ore.