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

• loads
• ton
• dozen
• plenty
• slew
• bunch
• pile
• chunk
• lot
• quantity
• deal
• wealth

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

Planning permission was given in 2000 to turn the land into community woodland, but instead the site was used as a trash dump, with reports of truckloads of waste being illegally emptied onto the site. —Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025

Yet Israel says hundreds of truckloads of aid are waiting at the border for the U.N. to distribute in Gaza. —Sam Mednick, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2025

Valid through June 30, each voucher allows residents to dispose of one pickup truckload or 8-foot trailer load of debris − stacked no more than 3 feet high − at no cost to the resident. —Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025

But Cristobal and truckloads of NIL money lured Beck from Georgia in the portal for continued solidity at the essential postion. —Miami Herald, 31 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1862, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for truckload

• abode
• anode
• barcode
• bestowed
• boatload
• borrowed
• carload
• caseload
• cathode
• commode
• corrode
• crossroad

Kids Definition

truckload

noun

truck·​load ˈtrək-ˈlōd 

-ˌlōd

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