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[ truhk-lohd ] / ˈtrʌkˌloʊd /
nounthe amount that a truck can carry. the minimum weight legally required for making shipments at a rate (truckload rate ) below that charged for shipments under this minimum. Origin of truckloadFirst recorded in 1860–65; truck1 + load Words nearby truckloadtrucking, truck jobber, truckle, truckle bed, truckline, truckload, truckman, truck racing, truck stop, truck system, truck trailer Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for truckloadWhen a truckload of ‘soldiers’ from the Maidan arrived at the palace, everyone broke out in cheers of ‘Geroyem Slava’! Occupy Kiev: What Should Ukraine Do Now With The Heroes of the Maidan?|Vijai Maheshwari|February 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST His only “vice,” as he puts it, is Red Bull, which he drinks by the truckload. Weeds’s Hunter Parrish: The Final Seasons and Those Shirtless Scenes|Itay Hod|July 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST The defense secretary hauls out a truckload of examples of waste and mismanagement that can be safely cut. Robert Gates' Lonely Crusade|Leslie H. Gelb|May 22, 2010|DAILY BEAST The army provided a truckload of soldiers as escorts, and we took a circuitous route to avoid areas not considered secure. Into Taliban Country|Steve Inskeep|March 29, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The great media companies are laying off employees by the truckload. Kill the Media Zombies|Tina Brown|December 8, 2008|DAILY BEAST A truckload of Boers behind every engine would have stopped the practice for ever. The Great Boer War|Arthur Conan Doyle During the afternoon there had been piled truckload after truckload of cordwood at the end of the company streets. At Plattsburg|Allen French The truckload of furniture came to one of these doors and he again watched it as the stuff was carried inside. Merton of the Movies|Harry Leon Wilson One truckload of lumber at 60 per cent moisture may easily contain over 7,000 pounds of ice. Seasoning of Wood|Joseph B. Wagner They were American war surplus guns, stolen by the truckload after the war and sold to smugglers like Nast. The Golden Skull|John Blaine
British Dictionary definitions for truckload
nounthe amount carried by a truck Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |