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thumbload

thumbload noun: an amount equal to a thumb; a thumb's worth (of volume, pressure, etc).

Noun

thumbload (plural thumbloads)

  1. An amount equal to a thumb; a thumb's worth (of volume, pressure, etc).
    • I have a whole thumbload of film.1979, Mary Ellen Moore, The Robin Williams Scrapbook, →ISBN, page 80
    • […] gathering a thumbload of fallen particles and pressed them into the tiny gap at one side of the grille, then smoothed it out, his thumb a trowel.2012 March 14, J. Campbell Bruce, Escape from Alcatraz: The True Crime Classic, Ten Speed Press, →ISBN, page 174

Forms of thumbload

pluralthumbloads

Origin of thumbload

From thumb + load.

Questions about thumbload

What does thumbload mean?
Thumbload means an amount equal to a thumb; a thumb's worth (of volume, pressure, etc).
What part of speech is thumbload?
Thumbload is a noun.
What is the plural of thumbload?
The plural of thumbload is thumbloads.

Words near thumbload in the dictionary

  1. thumbless wave
  2. thumblessness
  3. thumblike
  4. thumbling
  5. thumblings
  6. thumbload
  7. thumbloads
  8. thumbmark
  9. thumbmarked
  10. thumbmarks
  11. thumbnail

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