carload

1. The contents of an automobile (passengers, supplies, etc.) for one trip.

   I brought a carload of flowers to her.

   We brought a carload of kids and camping gear on our road trip out west.

   a gathering of passengers sufficient to fill an automobile

2. (Canada, US)The quantity of goods that can be carried in a freight car.

   less-than-carload freight

   By 1887 the company had grown so large that it was buying its flour and sugar by the carload.

   the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car

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