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armload

armload

4 3.4
A load of things you can carry in your arms at one time
  • noun
  • /ˈɑrmˌloʊd/
translation icon : carga en los brazos
  • "Shell came in with an armload of brightly colored books and magazines.

Examples

  • The woman returns with an armload of anything she could find in the kitchen.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Combs grabbed an armload of files and whistled as he fed them into the shredder.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The front door was open, and an armload of wood lay on the floor just inside.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Here he is, suddenly standing in front of my desk, holding an armload of mail.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Raincoat, wet hair... carrying a small clothing bag, an armload of books and notes.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Intrigued, she gathered an armload of the ones she could read and sat down at a table.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • At precisely noon, the instructor, a large woman carrying an armload of books, strides in.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Rachel gets up and heads toward the kitchen, her armload of silver bracelets tinkling faintly.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Miss Squirrel darted along the snow-covered trail toward town, clutching an armload of packages.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • He arrived home with an armload of groceries after shopping at the market.

Synonyms

load
vsarmload
278 1.1

An amount of things carried at one time, like cargo on a vehicle

is narrower meaning only what one person can carry by hand
armful
vsarmload
7 1.8

An amount you can carry in your arms at one time

is the same meaning but a different word form

Antonyms

empty-handed
69 3.1

Not having anything after trying to get something

How Much

armload
4 3.4
armful
7 1.8
handful
81 1.0

Surface Forms

armload singular
armloads plural

Morphology

armload = arm + load (transparent) = arm + load

The meaning is a literal combination of 'arm' + 'load' and B1 learners can infer 'amount carried in the arms'.

Etymology

Armload is made from the two simple words arm and load, where arm means the 'arm' of your body and load means 'a thing to carry'. So an armload is the amount you can hold in your arms at one time.