Meaning

3 senses

  1. The amount that a cart can carry.

    Fuhre, Ladung

    the quantity that a cart holds

  2. (broadly)Any large amount.

  3. (historical, specifically)A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. He received a cartload of offences.

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  2. He made a hole big enough to put a cartload of pebbles inside.

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Translations

3 languages
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By meaning 1
the amount that a cart can carry:

Origin

From Middle English cartlode, cartelode, equivalent to cart + load.

From Middle English cartlode, cartelode, equivalent to cart + load.

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Forms

plural: cartloads
Singularcartload
Pluralcartloads

regular

Synonyms

45 synonyms
abundanceB1dealA2heapB2loadA2lotA2manyA1massB2mountainA1pileA2sightA1sumA1tonB2cartfulbattalion

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cartecartelcartercartilagecartographycartonB1cartoonA1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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