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sea load

sea load noun: the weight of the payload on a vessel.

Noun

sea load (plural sea loads)

  1. (idiomatic) The weight of the payload on a vessel.
    • On most merchant ships with a relatively light sea load it is usual to fit three generators with two sharing the sea load. On ships with a higher sea load four generators are the usual fit, but sized so that three of these share the sea load.2002, D. G. M. Watson, Practical Ship Design
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sea, load.

Forms of sea load

pluralsea loads

Questions about sea load

What does sea load mean?
Sea load means the weight of the payload on a vessel.
What part of speech is sea load?
Sea load is a noun.
What is the plural of sea load?
The plural of sea load is sea loads.

Words near sea load in the dictionary

  1. sea liquor
  2. sea liver
  3. sea livers
  4. sea loach
  5. sea loaches
  6. sea load
  7. sea loads
  8. sea loch
  9. sea lochs
  10. sea locust
  11. sea locusts

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