1
: a load (as of occupants) that fills a car
a carload of tourists
2
: the minimum number of tons required for shipping at carload rates
3
: a large unspecified quantity
a carload of excuses
Synonyms
- abundance
- barrel
- basketful
- boatload
- bucket
- bunch
- bundle
- bushel
- chunk
- deal
- dozen
- fistful
- gobs
- good deal
- heap
- hundred
- lashings [chiefly British]
- lashins
- loads
- lot
- mass
- mess
- mountain
- much
- multiplicity
- myriad
- oodles
- pack
- passel
- peck
- pile
- plateful
- plenitude
- plentitude
- plenty
- pot
- potful
- profusion
- quantity
- raft
- reams
- scads
- sheaf
- shipload
- sight
- slew
- spate
- stack
- store
- ton
- truckload
- volume
- wad
- wealth
- yard
Examples of carload in a Sentence
She brought home a carload of books.
People were arriving by the carload.
Recent Examples on the Web
Admission is $35 per carload per movie, except for double features (typically on Thursdays).
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Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2024
But not before one carload of Nazis flies off the bridge and crash-lands in front of them.
—Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2024
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Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2024
But not before one carload of Nazis flies off the bridge and crash-lands in front of them.
—Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2024
See all Example Sentences for carload
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“Carload.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carload. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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carload
noun
car·load
ˈkär-ˈlōd 
: a load (as of passengers) that fills a car
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