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LOADS

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Dictionary entry overview: What does loads mean?

• LOADS (noun)
The noun LOADS has 1 sense:

1. a large number or amount

Familiarity information: LOADS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LOADS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A large number or amount

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

dozens; tons; stacks; slews; scores; scads; rafts; wads; oodles; lots; loads; lashings; heaps; gobs; mountain; piles

Context examples:

made lots of new friends / she amassed a mountain of newspapers

Hypernyms ("loads" 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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