truckload
US/ˈtɹʌkˌloʊd/
truckload noun: the contents of a full truck or lorry.
Noun
truckload (plural truckloads)
- The contents of a full truck or lorry.
- A task force of 1,000 gas-masked, ready-to-shoot state troopers and sheriff’s deputies, backed in reserve by 70 truckloads of New York National Guardsmen, liberated 29 other hostages, 25 of whom were injured.1971 September 14, “37 Prisoners, Guards Die As Troopers Storm Prison”, in The Charlotte Observer, 86th year, number 173, page 1A
- Synonyms:
- truckful
- A large number.
- We were expecting just a handful of people to come to the festival, but then a truckload of revellers started arriving at the festival gates.
- Another meme shows an empty van. “Excellent news,” it reads. “The first truckload of your thoughts and prayers has just arrived.”2018 May 19, AJ Willimgham, “How ‘thoughts and prayers’ went from common condolence to cynical meme”, in CNN
Synonyms of truckload
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Forms of truckload
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Origin of truckload
From truck + load.
Words formed from truckload
Questions about truckload
- What does truckload mean?
- Truckload means the contents of a full truck or lorry.
- What part of speech is truckload?
- Truckload is a noun.
- How do you pronounce truckload?
- Truckload is pronounced /ˈtɹʌkˌloʊd/ (US).
- What is the plural of truckload?
- The plural of truckload is truckloads.
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