1
: a load that fills a boat
a boatload of passengers
2
: an indefinitely large number or amount
a boatload of criticism
a boatload of money
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Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
Though our attention spans were adolescent, we weren't inundated by a boatload of options for everything in our lives, the way kids are today.
—Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 21 Feb. 2025
Many people with office jobs feel like they are constantly buried by a boatload of emails and messages.
—Emily Forlini, PCMAG, 20 Feb. 2025
In September 1963, the first boatload of Haitian refugees landed in Miami.
—Thurka Sangaramoorthy, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Boatload.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boatload. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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boatload
noun
boat·load
-ˌlōd 
1
: a load that fills a boat
2
: a large amount
a boatload of money
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