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

Ukrainian officials appealed to Musk for help, and SpaceX dispatched truckloads of Starlink terminals to the besieged country, for free. —Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2024

Coyote’s current volume mix is 79 percent truckload, 19 percent LTL, or less than full truckload, and 2 percent intermodal. —Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019

Zone skipping is the practice of delivering a large quantity of packages via truckload or less-than-truckload to a parcel carrier hub close to the package's final destination. —Steve Banker, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024

Individual soldiers, their units and civilian volunteers who bring essentials to the front line are buying truckloads. —Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times, 8 June 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