BOATLOAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does boatload mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOATLOAD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

boatload; carload; shipload

Context example:

he imported wine by the boatload

Hypernyms ("boatload" is a kind of...):

large indefinite amount; large indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude)

 Context examples 

It was a simple affair, now, to go forth in the morning and return by noon with a boatload of seals.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)