truckload
45
2.9
- noun
- /ˈtrʌkloʊd/
- US
:
carga de camión
- Recently, the city has brought in truckloads of municipal compost almost every year.
- a truckload of materials
- a single truckload
- 500 truckloads
There's like gorgeous barbecue and truckloads of clothing and toys for kids.
- There's like gorgeous barbecue and truckloads of clothing and toys for kids.
- We sold our giant American dream house and got rid of truckloads of stuff.
- The state paid the salary and the state police had stopped a a truckload of cocaine coming off the George Washington Bridge into Fort Lee.
- He showed up to my place the next day with a truckload of old P bases and jazz basses and brought them all into my studio.
- Because, you know, people bring in truckloads of food and packaging and things and garbage and they have to take them out.
- I'm buying, you know, a truckload of, of Bounty paper towels.
- I love my job whoop people for truckloads of cash.
- They'll protest to you and they'll run a truckload of those Toquoia Tufts to the airport.
Examples
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Four hundred truckloads of earth were dumped about a third of a mile away in the Kidron Valley.
Academic text (2010) -
"Residents got to take as much as they wanted, by the truckload and bag," says Arrington.
Academic text (1997) -
I got a truckload more stuff outside.
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And he brought in people by the truckload into big halls.
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A whole truckload of CD players.
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That truckload of explosives should last them for months.
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I just come by to bring a whole truckload of pumpkins for your party tonight.
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According to the company, a typical truckload of insulation contains roughly one and a half tons of recycled glass.
Academic text (1998) -
Three thousand truckloads of earth were required to fill the gully and create a level playing field.
Academic text (2006) -
The charity received a truckload of donations to help those in need.
Synonyms
278
1.1
An amount of things carried at one time, like cargo on a vehicle
65
1.0
A large number or amount of things
28
9.9
A very large amount of something used in rude speech
23
2.3
A group of people that a bus carries
18
3.5
A very large amount of something
9
2.9
A large number of people or things that fill a car
5
8.5
A very large amount of something said jokingly
4
3.8
The number of people or things on one plane trip
4
1.1
An amount that fills a bag, like apples or candies
3
9.1
A very large amount of something
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
2
3.5
An amount that fills a cart, often meaning a very large quantity
2
4.4
An amount that fills a large suitcase or a car's storage space
1
3.2
An amount that fills a sack, like a large bag of apples
1
9.9
A very large amount of something used in rude, informal speech
1
3.4
An amount of goods that fills a van
1
1.0
A large number or amount of something
1
2.7
An amount that fills a truck
1
4.5
A very large amount, like enough to fill a wagon
1
3.0
A full load that fills a cart
An amount that fills a wagon
A very large amount of something you have or get
A very large amount of something said in a rude way
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Morphology
Etymology
Truckload comes from two parts: truck, the vehicle that carries things, and load, which means 'what is carried'. So a truckload is the amount that fills a truck, and it often means a very large amount of something.