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loading

loading

69 2.2
Putting goods onto a vehicle or into a container
  • noun
  • /ˈloʊdɪŋ/
: carga
  • The loading dock was crowded with delivery vehicles waiting to pick up their shipments.
  • loading and unloading
  • loading dock
  • truck loading

Yeah, the fueling, baggy handlers and loading has been delayed.

Examples

Synonyms

loadout
vsloading
1 6.5

Packing and removing equipment after an event

refers only to putting cargo into vehicles, not to removing it

Antonyms

8 2.0

Removing goods from a vehicle like a truck or ship

Compounds

31 3.6

A raised area at a building where trucks stop to load and unload goods

5 3.7

A space for vehicles to stop briefly to load or unload

Eating a lot of starchy foods before a long race to increase energy stored in muscles

2 3.0

A place where vehicles stop to pick up or drop off goods and people

muzzle-loading
  • Specialized
1 9.1

A gun you load by putting gunpowder and shot into the open front of the barrel

wing loading
  • Specialized
1 8.2

The weight of a plane divided by the area of its wings

To eat more foods like bread, pasta or rice before long exercise to increase energy

power loading
  • Specialized
1 7.2

The weight of a plane compared to its engine power

span loading
  • Specialized
8.5

The weight of a plane for each meter of wing length

How Careful

wrapping
36 1.0
packing
27 1.1
loading
69 2.2

Surface Forms

loading singular
loadings plural

Morphology

loading = load (transparent) = load + ing

A direct gerund/nominalization of the verb 'load' expressing the action or process of loading.

Etymology

Loading comes from load 'to put goods on a vehicle' and the ending -ing shows the action, so it simply means the act of putting cargo onto a truck, ship, or container.