planeload

noun

plane·​load ˈplān-ˌlōd 

: a load that fills an airplane

Examples of planeload in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The latest planeload landed last week, four days after armed gangs massacred dozens of people in the hills above Port-au-Prince. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026

Seventy-two hours later, the team did it again, moving another planeload of pets to safety. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026

Which means right about now, the island is buzzing with thousands of MAMILs (middle aged men in lycra) and affably amateur Brits are arriving by the planeload. — Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026

Early one morning behind the airport in La Lima, Honduras, before the first planeload of deportees landed, Sister Idalina Bordignon was meeting with her staff about an unsettling situation. — Caitlin Dickerson, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for planeload

• afterload
• episode
• internode
• microcode
• multimode
• nematode
• nesselrode
• overflowed
• overload
• overrode
• radioed
• torpedoed