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headload

headload noun: a load carried on the head.

Noun

headload (plural headloads)

  1. A load carried on the head.
    • In India, we saw women carrying headloads of firewood.
    • That night he collected his most valuable belongings into head-loads.1958 June 17, Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, New York, N.Y.: Astor-Honor, published 1959, →OCLC, part 1, page 129

Forms of headload

pluralheadloads

Origin of headload

From head + load.

Questions about headload

What does headload mean?
Headload means a load carried on the head.
What part of speech is headload?
Headload is a noun.
What is the plural of headload?
The plural of headload is headloads.

Words near headload in the dictionary

  1. headlinier
  2. headliniest
  3. headlining
  4. headliny
  5. headlit
  6. headload
  7. headloads
  8. headlock
  9. headlocked
  10. headlocking
  11. headlocks

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