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crush load

crush load noun: the maximum number of passengers that can physically fit within a transit vehicle without requiring severe contortions by said passengers.

Noun

crush load (plural crush loads)

  1. The maximum number of passengers that can physically fit within a transit vehicle without requiring severe contortions by said passengers.
    1. A situation in which one or more transit vehicles are carrying the maximum number of passengers that they can physically accommodate without requiring severe contortion of passengers.
      • The frequent occurrence of crush loads is indicative of a severely overloaded system requiring immediate improvements to increase its passenger capacity.

Forms of crush load

pluralcrush loads

Questions about crush load

What does crush load mean?
Crush load means the maximum number of passengers that can physically fit within a transit vehicle without requiring severe contortions by said passengers.
What part of speech is crush load?
Crush load is a noun.
What is the plural of crush load?
The plural of crush load is crush loads.

Words near crush load in the dictionary

  1. crush depth
  2. crush depths
  3. crush hat
  4. crush hats
  5. crush it
  6. crush load
  7. crush loads
  8. crush on
  9. crush out
  10. crush parties
  11. crush party

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