Entry Word: load

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported <they placed a load of grain on the truck going to Florida>

Synonyms burden, cargo, draft, freight, haul, lading, loading, payload, weight

Related Words consignment, boatload, carload, shipload, truckload; ballast, deadweight; overload, surcharge; bale, bundle, pack, package, packet, parcel, shipment; manifest; body, bulk, mass

2 loads plurala considerable amount <thereʼs no rush, since weʼve got loads of time left> — see lot 2