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unit load

unit load noun: a number of items packaged together, typically placed on a pallet for ease of handling and transport.

Noun

unit load (plural unit loads)

  1. A number of items packaged together, typically placed on a pallet for ease of handling and transport.
    • At the time, international deep-sea shipping remained a loose cargo operation, although BR did seek to influence conversion to unit loads by providing a containerised short sea shipping service between Harwich and Rotterdam in 1968.2020 May 20, Industry Insider, “An online boost for freight”, in Rail, page 68

Forms of unit load

pluralunit loads

Questions about unit load

What does unit load mean?
Unit load means a number of items packaged together, typically placed on a pallet for ease of handling and transport.
What part of speech is unit load?
Unit load is a noun.
What is the plural of unit load?
The plural of unit load is unit loads.

Words near unit load in the dictionary

  1. unit hyperbolas
  2. unit interval
  3. unit intervals
  4. unit jar
  5. unit jars
  6. unit load
  7. unit loads
  8. unit matrices
  9. unit matrix
  10. unit matrixes
  11. unit of account

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