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

Now my effort goes down the drain because my neighbor’s household trash is going to cause the entire truckload of recycling to go in the landfill and further destroy our planet! —Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 24 June 2024

The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), the Israeli agency responsible for aid delivery to Gaza, reported that 324 truckloads of aid passed through the Kerem Shalom crossing in the south. —Adela Suliman and Hazem Balousha, Washington Post, 21 June 2024

Dessi, whose organization helps people with disabilities and those injured by war, said 12 truckloads of wheelchairs and crutches had been waiting since January to cross from Jordan. —Dan Morrison, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2024

Aid groups estimate that the battered Gaza Strip requires hundreds of truckloads a day to support the more than 2 million people trapped inside. —Adela Suliman and Hazem Balousha, Washington Post, 21 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1862, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

truckload

noun

truck·​load ˈtrək-ˈlōd 

-ˌlōd

: a load or amount that fills or could fill a truck