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

The first ship, the Open Arms, which towed a barge to a makeshift jetty off Gaza on Friday, brought the territory the equivalent of about 10 truckloads of food — far less than the 500 trucks a day aid groups say are needed. —David Segal, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024

Declining revenue per load offset slight increases in freight volumes at J.B. Hunt’s intermodal and truckload segments. —Ben Glickman, WSJ, 17 Oct. 2023

More aid trucks are entering Gaza than previously, Freedman said, describing how over the past few weeks up to 200 truckloads of aid were just left waiting for aid agencies to distribute the goods. —Ruth Marks Eglash, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2024

Well, the three planeloads that the U.S. dropped last week are equivalent to ballpark four to six truckloads. —Elena Burnett, NPR, 6 Mar. 2024

There’s a truckload of talented and seasoned safeties available, and inside linebacker is a position that’s trending down in terms of value. —Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024

The amount of aid delivered by a French plane in an airdrop last week was much less than a single truckload. —Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024

Rihanna arrived with truckloads of luggage, much of which is believed to be the equipment for her show. —USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2024

The soldiers made the point, there was no way Hamas could have installed all of that, made the construction noise, and moved truckload after truckload of dirt out of the tunnels without UNRWA employees being aware. —Michael Tobin, Fox News, 12 Feb. 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