truckload

noun

truck·​load ˈtrək-ˈlōd 

-ˌlōd

1

: a load or amount that fills or could fill a truck

2

: the minimum weight required for shipping at truckload rates

3

: a large amount

truckloads of money

Synonyms

• abundance
• barrel
• basketful
• boatload
• bucket
• bunch
• bundle
• bushel
• carload
• chunk
• deal
• dozen
• fistful
• gobs
• good deal
• heap
• hundred
• lashings [chiefly British]
• lashins
• loads
• lot
• mass
• mess
• mountain
• much
• multiplicity
• myriad
• oodles
• pack
• passel
• peck
• pile
• plateful
• plenitude
• plentitude
• plenty
• pot
• potful
• profusion
• quantity
• raft
• reams
• scads
• sheaf
• shipload
• sight
• slew
• spate
• stack
• store
• ton
• volume
• wad
• wealth
• yard

Examples of truckload in a Sentence

the guy who sent that e-mail is in for a truckload of misery

Recent Examples on the Web

Rene sifts through his own losses after a morning at the Pasadena Convention Center, now a shelter for wildfire survivors, unpacking a truckload of blankets and other donations for evacuees. —Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denied reports suggesting that Israel is obstructing humanitarian aid to Gaza, asserting that hundreds of truckloads of supplies have been allowed into the region in recent weeks. —Michael D. Carroll and Shamim Chowdhury, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025

Amazon shoppers are snapping up this ingenious little frizz-fighting accessory by the truckloads. —Clint Davis, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2025

Despite reports of the contrary, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denies hindering humanitarian aid and claims to have facilitated hundreds of truckloads of supplies to Gaza in recent weeks. —Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1862, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

truckload

noun

truck·​load ˈtrək-ˈlōd 

-ˌlōd

: a load or amount that fills or could fill a truck