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vanload

1 3.4

An amount of goods that fills a van

noun
/ˈvænloʊd/

: carga de furgoneta

Unexpected vanloads arrived from Cleveland, Chicago, Milwaukee, and Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
a vanload of kids

Examples

A vanload of children cheered as they arrived at the amusement park.
- There's a whole vanload.

Hangover Square (1945)
They still got a vanload coming, and what do you got besides an empty ... gun?!

Fiction book (1999)
They still got a vanload comin' and what do you got besides an empty gun?

Chill Factor (1999)
Just like vanloads of Somalis being bused into the polls in Ohio and being told how to vote.

Blog text (13)
I can drive downtown, downstate in Ann Arbor, and see starving artists all over with vanloads of their velvet-painted Elvises.

Catfish (2010)
"I'm the only reporter working weekends this month, and there's a breaking story Saturday afternoon, but... that's when I'm duty-bound to drive a vanload of kids to the big game with the Lockmaster Lilliputians."

Fiction book (1999)
He is something of a throwback, with his hair in a flattop, and was dressed in Halliburton red coveralls as he drove a vanload of students to the Apache drilling site.

Academic text (2007)
We filled the vanload with supplies for the community event.
The moving company sent over a vanload of furniture to our new house.

Synonyms

truckload

vsvanload

45 2.9

A very large amount about as much as fills a truck

is for a somewhat smaller cargo vehicle used for shorter loads

busload

vsvanload

23 2.3

A group of people that a bus carries

is for a smaller goods or passenger vehicle rather than a large public one

boatload

vsvanload

Informal

18 3.5

A very large amount of something

is for a specific vehicle capacity rather than a general large amount

carload

vsvanload

9 2.9

A large number of people or things that fill a car

is for a slightly larger cargo vehicle rather than a small passenger one

planeload

vsvanload

4 3.8

The number of people or things on one plane trip

is for a smaller road cargo vehicle rather than a large aircraft load

shipload

vsvanload

3 2.5

A large amount of goods carried by a ship

is for a smaller road cargo vehicle rather than a large seagoing shipment

cartload

vsvanload

Informal

2 3.5

An amount that fills a cart, often meaning a very large quantity

is for a more modern enclosed cargo vehicle rather than a small open one

trainload

vsvanload

2 3.2

A large amount of goods that one train can carry

is for a smaller road cargo vehicle rather than a whole rail shipment

trunkful

vsvanload

2 4.4

An amount that fills a large suitcase or a car's storage space

is for a larger cargo vehicle rather than a small storage container

truckful

vsvanload

1 2.7

An amount that fills a truck

is for a somewhat smaller cargo vehicle used for shorter loads

carful

vsvanload

1 8.2

A load of things that fills a car

is for a slightly larger cargo vehicle rather than a small passenger one

wagonload

vsvanload

1 3.0

An amount that fills a wagon

is for a more modern enclosed cargo vehicle rather than a simple open one

cartful

vsvanload

1 3.0

A full load that fills a cart

is for a more modern enclosed cargo vehicle rather than a small open one

wagonful

vsvanload

3.1

An amount that fills a wagon

is for a more modern enclosed cargo vehicle rather than a simple open one

boatful

vsvanload

2.2

A full load of people or things in a boat

is for a smaller road cargo vehicle rather than a watercraft load

How Much

shipload

3 2.5

truckload

45 2.9

vanload

1 3.4

crate

189 1.7

box

∞ 1.0

parcel

27 1.1

Surface Forms

vanload singular

vanloads plural

Morphology

vanload = van + load (transparent) = van + load

The meaning is directly the combination of 'van' + 'load' (amount that fills a van), which learners can infer from the component words.

Etymology

Vanload combines van, a vehicle for carrying things, and load, which means 'an amount put in' or 'to fill'. So a vanload is the amount that fills a van.