CARLOAD
Dictionary entry overview: What does carload mean? • CARLOAD (noun)
The noun CARLOAD has 2 senses:
1. a gathering of passengers sufficient to fill an automobile
2. the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car
Familiarity information: CARLOAD used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CARLOAD (noun)
Meaning:
A gathering of passengers sufficient to fill an automobile
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("carload" is a kind of...):
assemblage; gathering (a group of persons together in one place)
Meaning:
The amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
boatload; shipload; carload
Context example:
he imported wine by the boatload
Hypernyms ("carload" is a kind of...):
large indefinite amount; large indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude)
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