Cartload
//ˈkɑɹt.loʊd// noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The amount that a cart can carry.
"Two days of skirmishing outside the town were followed by a bold sortie headed by a dervish; and, as the result of this affair, a cartload of heads was sent as trophies to Constantinople."
- 2 the quantity that a cart holds wordnet
- 3 Any large amount. broadly
". . . although a little apt to get buried under a cartload of written pleadings, . . ."
- 4 A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities. historical, specifically
Antonyms
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More examples"He made a hole big enough to put a cartload of pebbles inside."
Etymology
From Middle English cartlode, cartelode, equivalent to cart + load.
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