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
The operatives were driving a truckload of weapons, which was destroyed, when they were targeted in the strike.
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Landon Mion, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
Megalopolis By now anyone who hasn’t been living under a rock knows that Francis Ford Coppola spent a truckload of his own money to bring a long-germinating dream to life with Megalopolis, the story of a futuristic America on the brink of the same fate that befell the Roman Empire.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 29 Sep. 2024
Moving trucks, dual axles, trailers, haulers, stake-bed trucks and truckloads larger than 3/4 ton are not permitted.
—Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Dec. 2024
Specifically, the behemoths would grant themselves a truckload of automatic bids, reduce access for the other conferences and, potentially, disband the selection committee altogether.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
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Landon Mion, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
Megalopolis By now anyone who hasn’t been living under a rock knows that Francis Ford Coppola spent a truckload of his own money to bring a long-germinating dream to life with Megalopolis, the story of a futuristic America on the brink of the same fate that befell the Roman Empire.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 29 Sep. 2024
Moving trucks, dual axles, trailers, haulers, stake-bed trucks and truckloads larger than 3/4 ton are not permitted.
—Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Dec. 2024
Specifically, the behemoths would grant themselves a truckload of automatic bids, reduce access for the other conferences and, potentially, disband the selection committee altogether.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
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“Truckload.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truckload. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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truckload
noun
truck·load
ˈtrək-ˈlōd
-ˌlōd
: a load or amount that fills or could fill a truck
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