busload

noun

bus·​load ˈbəs-ˌlōd How to pronounce busload (audio)
: a load that fills a bus
busloads of tourists

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Two busloads of Arsenal fans dropped in before their last game at Anfield and seemed particularly impressed by the tributes to Campbell, who started his career with the London club. Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2025 And these ancient stones are even more beautiful and enigmatic at night, when the lamplights glow, and the busloads of tourists are long gone. Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2025 Neighbors stood in their driveways, snapping pictures, as a busload of Hornets players parked nearby. Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 Nov. 2025 In one of the cases in which Antifa International intervened, dozens of activists in London last year physically prevented a busload of immigrants from being transported to a barge off southern England by slashing the vehicle’s tires and forming a blockade around the passenger bus for seven hours. Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for busload

Word History

First Known Use

1854, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of busload was in 1854

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“Busload.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/busload. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.

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