shipload
noun
ship·load
ˈship-ˈlōd 
-ˌlōd
1
: as much or as many as will fill or load a ship
2
: an indefinitely large amount or number
Examples of shipload in a Sentence
Shiploads of settlers came to the New World.
it must have taken a shipload of money to build that mansion
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Experts with knowledge on the transaction told Reuters that the purchase volume was small, only amounting to 3 cargoes, or shiploads, of soybeans, and that demand for the crop from the U.S. isn’t expected to significantly increase in the near future after recent large purchases from South America.
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
Adding insult to injury, Argentina has suspended its export tax and was rewarded with Chinese orders last month for 20 shiploads of soybeans, deepening a market downturn for American growers.
—Patricia Lopez, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
But shiploads of Chinese passengers continued to journey across the ocean, finding ways around the law.
—Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Giuliani said the fabric was initially used by sailors to cover shiploads, produce sails and eventually worn as workwear.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 14 Jan. 2025
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
Adding insult to injury, Argentina has suspended its export tax and was rewarded with Chinese orders last month for 20 shiploads of soybeans, deepening a market downturn for American growers.
—Patricia Lopez, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
But shiploads of Chinese passengers continued to journey across the ocean, finding ways around the law.
—Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Giuliani said the fabric was initially used by sailors to cover shiploads, produce sails and eventually worn as workwear.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Shipload.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shipload. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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shipload
noun
ship·load
-ˈlōd
-ˌlōd
: as much or as many as a ship will hold
a shipload of corn
shiploads of immigrants
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