planeload

noun

plane·​load ˈplān-ˌlōd How to pronounce planeload (audio)
: a load that fills an airplane

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Costa Rica received two planeloads of 200 deportees from the United States and sent them to detention centers. George Packer, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2026 Librandi, part of the latest planeload of like-minded volunteers, was young, untrained and eager to make a difference in the face of devastation. Elizabeth Germino, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026 But at a press conference on the day after the first planeload of migrants landed last month, the country’s president dodged, reassuring the public that the migrants were only passing through Panama on their way elsewhere. Lomi Kriel, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2025 Now, Tapachula is experiencing a reverse migration, as the United States sends planeload after planeload of deportees to the southern part of Mexico while the flow of migrants headed north has dried up. Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for planeload

Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of planeload was in 1925

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“Planeload.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/planeload. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.

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