wagonload
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3.0
- noun
- /ˈwæɡənloʊd/
:
carga de carro
- "I'm helping George put a wagonload of straw in the barn," David said.
Examples
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See that wagonload of worms?
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Old Icky had sold the land for a wagonload of blankets.
Fiction book (1996) -
Farmers used to bring their wagonloads of goods to sell wholesale or retail, but today farmers are not always welcome.
Academic text (2001) -
Daniel Long's little boys came up from the ravine, hauling a wagonload of chipped mud slabs across the lot toward the highway.
Fiction book (1993) -
The farmer brought a wagonload of fresh vegetables to the market every week.
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We received a wagonload of supplies to prepare for the winter season.
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After the harvest, they filled a wagonload of grain to sell at the mill.
Synonyms
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1.1
An amount of things carried at one time, like cargo on a vehicle
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2.9
A very large amount about as much as fills a truck
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2.3
A group of people that a bus carries
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6.3
The goods carried by a vehicle like an airplane or truck
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2.9
A large number of people or things that fill a car
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3.6
The amount of people or goods a ship can carry
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3.8
The number of people or things on one plane trip
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2.5
A large amount of goods carried by a ship
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3.5
An amount that fills a cart, often meaning a very large quantity
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3.2
A large amount of goods that one train can carry
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4.4
An amount that fills a large suitcase or a car's storage space
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3.4
An amount of goods that fills a van
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2.7
An amount that fills a truck
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3.0
A full load that fills a cart
An amount that fills a wagon
An amount that fills a wheelbarrow
An amount that fills a carton like a milk box
A full load of people or things in a boat
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Morphology
Etymology
The word wagonload comes from the two parts wagon ('a cart or vehicle for carrying things') and load ('the amount you carry'). So it originally meant the amount that fills one wagon and now means how much a single wagon can carry.