trainload
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈtreɪnloʊd/
:
carga de tren
- From Wisconsin arrived a trainload of dairy cattle, making a stop at the Moss Agate siding en route to the ballyhooed new tool at White Sulphur Springs.
- a trainload of coal
Examples
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The site promotes all kinds of biochar: from Small is Beautiful to the use of trainloads of wood chips.
Blog text (21) -
Kmart was ordering the product by the trainload.
Fiction book (1998) -
Trainload after trainload of coal, I learn, is carried to Australian ports for shipment to China.
Academic text (2008) -
Sears Roebuck sells them by the trainload.
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By January 1863, a trainload of supplies from Cuyler's arsenal took weeks just to reach Charleston, South Carolina.
Academic text (2007) -
On April 17, Cuyler managed to dispatch two trainloads of munitions toward Covington, Georgia.
Academic text (2007) -
Every week, the company receives a trainload of new inventory for its warehouses.
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The coal mine sends a trainload of coal to the power plant every day.
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During the harvest season, farmers transport their produce by the trainload to markets across the country.
Synonyms
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1.1
An amount of things carried at one time, like cargo on a vehicle
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2.3
A load of goods sent together by one truck, plane, or ship
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2.9
A very large amount about as much as fills a truck
23
2.3
A group of people that a bus carries
4
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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3.4
An amount of goods that fills a van
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3.0
An amount that fills a wagon
An amount that fills a wagon
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Trainload comes from two simple parts: train, from an old word meaning 'to pull' and which brings to mind a line of wagons or cars, and load, which means 'something carried'. So a trainload is the amount of goods that one train can carry.