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brakeload

brakeload noun: enough to fill a brake (type of carriage).

Noun

brakeload (plural brakeloads)

  1. Enough to fill a brake (type of carriage).
    • When it was a village or a country town that he visited, all the countryside sent its brakeloads of eager hearers.1906, Denis Crane, James Flanagan: The Story of a Remarkable Career, page 176
    Synonyms:
    brakeful

Synonyms of brakeload

Forms of brakeload

pluralbrakeloads

Origin of brakeload

From brake + load.

Questions about brakeload

What does brakeload mean?
Brakeload means enough to fill a brake (type of carriage).
What part of speech is brakeload?
Brakeload is a noun.
What is the plural of brakeload?
The plural of brakeload is brakeloads.

Words near brakeload in the dictionary

  1. brakelessness
  2. brakelight
  3. brakelights
  4. brakeline
  5. brakelines
  6. brakeload
  7. brakeloads
  8. brakemaker
  9. brakemakers
  10. brakeman
  11. brakemen

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