carload

Examples

• All

• In that year, tobacco leaf exceeded 1,600 carloads, producing revenues of nearly $150,000.

  Academic text (2007)

• And Josh brought a carload of beer.

  The Passing (2011)

• I was getting them out of the library by the carload.

  Proof (2005)

• l got a carload of passengers.

  Above the Law (1988)

• Go with him and get a carload of white sand from the usual place.

  Fiction book (1996)

• We're the proud new owners of a carload of alfalfa.

  Disappearances (2007)

• I drove from Boston today to my native NJ Bayshore with a carload of relief supplies.

  Blog text (11)

• Instead, Bart brought home a carload of boxes, and they started packing everything they'd have to move out of the rented house.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Fifty carloads were shipped daily (Anonymous 1912j); 75 carloads were shipped daily in December 1922 (Anonymous, 1922b).

  Academic text (1996)

• Last weekend, we took a carload of friends to the beach for a picnic.

Synonyms

T

truckload

vscarload

• US

45 2.9

A very large amount about as much as fills a truck

denotes the amount for a much smaller passenger vehicle capacity

B

boatload

vscarload

4 3.6

The amount of people or goods a ship can carry

focuses on land passenger vehicle capacity rather than water transport

P

planeload

vscarload

4 3.8

The number of people or things on one plane trip

uses the same filling idea but for an ordinary road passenger vehicle

S

shipload

vscarload

3 2.5

A large amount of goods carried by a ship

is the land vehicle equivalent, much smaller in scale

C

cartload

vscarload

• Informal

2 3.5

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

describes the same filling idea but for a modern passenger vehicle

V

vanload

vscarload

1 3.4

An amount of goods that fills a van

refers to the amount that fills a smaller passenger vehicle

T

truckful

vscarload

• US

1 2.7

An amount that fills a truck

indicates the amount for a smaller passenger vehicle rather than large transport

W

wagonload

vscarload

• Informal

1 4.5

A very large amount, like enough to fill a wagon

uses the same filling concept but for a compact passenger vehicle

C

carful

vscarload

1 8.2

A load of things that fills a car

is the same idea but often appears as a different noun form

W

wagonful

vscarload

3.1

An amount that fills a wagon

applies the same filling idea to a smaller road vehicle

B

boatful

vscarload

2.2

A full load of people or things in a boat

is about filling a land passenger vehicle not a watercraft

How Much

trainload

2 3.2

truckload

• US

45 2.9

carload

9 2.9

pallet

19 3.4

boxful

1 1.9

single piece

11 3.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology