CARLOAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carload mean? 

• CARLOAD (noun)
  The noun CARLOAD has 2 senses:

1. a gathering of passengers sufficient to fill an automobile

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

  Familiarity information: CARLOAD used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARLOAD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A gathering of passengers sufficient to fill an automobile

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

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

assemblage; gathering (a group of persons together in one place)

Sense 2

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 ("carload" is a kind of...):

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