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

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

Using a truckload of concrete, a plastic swimming pool and steel rebar, the family built its own Stargate in Ashland County, Ohio. —Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024

The fee is $2 per carload or $5 per SUV or pickup truckload. —Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Dec. 2024

Thirty-five truckloads of the dirt went to the local Greek Orthodox Church. —Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 26 Nov. 2024

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