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cartloads

UK/ˈkɑːt.ləʊdz/US/ˈkɑɹt.loʊdz/

cartloads is the plural of cartload.

Meaning of cartload

Noun

cartload (plural cartloads)

  1. The amount that a cart can carry.
    • Two days of skirmishing outside the town were followed by a bold sortie headed by a dervish; and, as the result of this affair, a cartload of heads was sent as trophies to Constantinople.1854 Francis Rawdon Chesney - The Russo-Turkish Campaigns of 1828 and 1829
    Synonyms:
    cartful
  2. (broadly) Any large amount.
    • . . . although a little apt to get buried under a cartload of written pleadings, . . .1850, Edward Everett, The Mount Vernon Papers
  3. (historical, specifically) A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities.

Questions about cartloads

What is cartloads the plural of?
Cartloads is the plural of cartload.
How do you pronounce cartloads?
Cartloads is pronounced /ˈkɑːt.ləʊdz/ (UK).

Words near cartloads in the dictionary

  1. cartless
  2. Cartlidge
  3. Cartlidges
  4. cartlike
  5. cartload
  6. cartloads
  7. cartmaker
  8. cartmakers
  9. cartmaking
  10. cartman
  11. Cartmanian

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