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
This equates to daily truckloads of material, eventually amounting to over 10,000 tons a year — all of which can be recycled by Redwood’s recyclers.
—
Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 23 May 2024
The shipment is the first in an operation that American military officials anticipate could scale up to 150 truckloads a day, all while Israel presses in on the southern city of Rafah in its seven-month offensive against Hamas.
—Lolita C. Baldor and Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 May 2024
The transport lurches to a halt and searing light spills in as this truckload of bruised, barely living prisoners, Hamid among them, is frogmarched at gunpoint into the desert.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 17 May 2024
By now anyone who hasn’t been living under a rock knows that Francis Ford Coppola spent a truckload of his own money to bring a long-germinating dream to life with Megalopolis, the story of a futuristic American city rattled by an ideological earthquake of dueling egos and conflicting ideals.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 16 May 2024
Another medical aid official noted that the pier will cost $320 million, which could instead be used to buy a large number of truckloads of aid.
—Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 10 May 2024
The Pentagon has estimated daily food delivery capacity based on the operational status of the pier:
Completed: 90 truckloads
Fully operational: 150 truckloads
150 truckloads is about 2 million meals a day, according to the Pentagon.
—Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
At least 90 truckloads of aid a day will be able to enter the Gaza Strip after the construction of a $320 million floating pier.
—Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Apr. 2024
One cushion of space between the two, the ball weightlessly rolling through the mile-high air with a truckload of consequence driving it down.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2024
Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 23 May 2024
The shipment is the first in an operation that American military officials anticipate could scale up to 150 truckloads a day, all while Israel presses in on the southern city of Rafah in its seven-month offensive against Hamas.
—Lolita C. Baldor and Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 May 2024
The transport lurches to a halt and searing light spills in as this truckload of bruised, barely living prisoners, Hamid among them, is frogmarched at gunpoint into the desert.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 17 May 2024
By now anyone who hasn’t been living under a rock knows that Francis Ford Coppola spent a truckload of his own money to bring a long-germinating dream to life with Megalopolis, the story of a futuristic American city rattled by an ideological earthquake of dueling egos and conflicting ideals.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 16 May 2024
Another medical aid official noted that the pier will cost $320 million, which could instead be used to buy a large number of truckloads of aid.
—Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 10 May 2024
The Pentagon has estimated daily food delivery capacity based on the operational status of the pier:
Completed: 90 truckloads
Fully operational: 150 truckloads
150 truckloads is about 2 million meals a day, according to the Pentagon.
—Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
At least 90 truckloads of aid a day will be able to enter the Gaza Strip after the construction of a $320 million floating pier.
—Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Apr. 2024
One cushion of space between the two, the ball weightlessly rolling through the mile-high air with a truckload of consequence driving it down.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2024
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“Truckload.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truckload. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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truckload
noun
truck·load
ˈtrək-ˈlōd
-ˌlōd
: a load or amount that fills or could fill a truck
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