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sea loads

sea loads is the plural of sea load.

Meaning of sea load

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.

Questions about sea loads

What is sea loads the plural of?
Sea loads is the plural of sea load.

Words near sea loads in the dictionary

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

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