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
Examples of truckload in a Sentence
the guy who sent that e-mail is in for a truckload of misery
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Thanks to the overwhelming generosity of local residents, the gym was filled to capacity by mid-week and ended up transporting two entire truckloads of clothes to be taken to Los Angeles by the nonprofit World Vision USA.
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News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
Still, rebuilding 10,000 homes in the region would require, at minimum, an additional 5,000-plus truckloads of lumber, according to estimates by Kyle Little, chief operating officer at Sherwood Lumber, a national supplier that has significant business in California.
—Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Priam delivers flexible and reliable truckload and less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping through its Over-the-Road (OTR) transport service, leveraging small to mid-sized carriers throughout the US and Canada.
—William Mullane, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
In a remote South American town, four desperate men (Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Folco Lulli, and Peter van Eyck) are hired for a desperate job, to transport two truckloads of highly volatile nitroglycerin up a mountain.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
Still, rebuilding 10,000 homes in the region would require, at minimum, an additional 5,000-plus truckloads of lumber, according to estimates by Kyle Little, chief operating officer at Sherwood Lumber, a national supplier that has significant business in California.
—Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Priam delivers flexible and reliable truckload and less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping through its Over-the-Road (OTR) transport service, leveraging small to mid-sized carriers throughout the US and Canada.
—William Mullane, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
In a remote South American town, four desperate men (Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Folco Lulli, and Peter van Eyck) are hired for a desperate job, to transport two truckloads of highly volatile nitroglycerin up a mountain.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Truckload.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truckload. Accessed 31 Mar. 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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