truckload
noun
truck·load
ˈtrək-ˈlōd 
-ˌlōd
1
: a load or amount that fills or could fill a truck
2
: the minimum weight required for shipping at truckload rates
3
: a large amount
truckloads of money
Synonyms
- abundance
- barrel
- basketful
- boatload
- bucket
- bunch
- bundle
- bushel
- carload
- 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
- volume
- wad
- wealth
- yard
Examples of truckload in a Sentence
the guy who sent that e-mail is in for a truckload of misery
Recent Examples on the Web
Another medical aid official noted that the pier will cost $320 million, which could instead be used to buy a large number of truckloads of aid.
—
Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 10 May 2024
The Pentagon has estimated daily food delivery capacity based on the operational status of the pier:
Completed: 90 truckloads
Fully operational: 150 truckloads
150 truckloads is about 2 million meals a day, according to the Pentagon.
—Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
At least 90 truckloads of aid a day will be able to enter the Gaza Strip after the construction of a $320 million floating pier.
—Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Apr. 2024
One cushion of space between the two, the ball weightlessly rolling through the mile-high air with a truckload of consequence driving it down.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2024
The company's truckload operations also saw a dip in the fourth quarter as well with the total loads reported at 94,776 compared with 104,719 in 2022.
—Dylan Sherman, arkansasonline.com, 2 Feb. 2024
Trucks dump the organic waste materials, and those truckloads are checked by employees for potential contaminants like garbage.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 9 Apr. 2024
Your grocery shopping has been improved by worker scheduling technology that ensures there are enough people to stock shelves and also unload truckloads of goods out back.
—Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
Another outfit smuggled truckloads to the East Coast every week, selling each for over $20 million, before investigators dismantled it.
—Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2024
Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 10 May 2024
The Pentagon has estimated daily food delivery capacity based on the operational status of the pier:
Completed: 90 truckloads
Fully operational: 150 truckloads
150 truckloads is about 2 million meals a day, according to the Pentagon.
—Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
At least 90 truckloads of aid a day will be able to enter the Gaza Strip after the construction of a $320 million floating pier.
—Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Apr. 2024
One cushion of space between the two, the ball weightlessly rolling through the mile-high air with a truckload of consequence driving it down.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2024
The company's truckload operations also saw a dip in the fourth quarter as well with the total loads reported at 94,776 compared with 104,719 in 2022.
—Dylan Sherman, arkansasonline.com, 2 Feb. 2024
Trucks dump the organic waste materials, and those truckloads are checked by employees for potential contaminants like garbage.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 9 Apr. 2024
Your grocery shopping has been improved by worker scheduling technology that ensures there are enough people to stock shelves and also unload truckloads of goods out back.
—Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
Another outfit smuggled truckloads to the East Coast every week, selling each for over $20 million, before investigators dismantled it.
—Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2024
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truckload
noun
truck·load
ˈtrək-ˈlōd
-ˌlōd
: a load or amount that fills or could fill a truck
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