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
Trucks dump the organic waste materials, and those truckloads are checked by employees for potential contaminants like garbage.
—
Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 9 Apr. 2024
Your grocery shopping has been improved by worker scheduling technology that ensures there are enough people to stock shelves and also unload truckloads of goods out back.
—Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
Another outfit smuggled truckloads to the East Coast every week, selling each for over $20 million, before investigators dismantled it.
—Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2024
The first ship, the Open Arms, which towed a barge to a makeshift jetty off Gaza on Friday, brought the territory the equivalent of about 10 truckloads of food — far less than the 500 trucks a day aid groups say are needed.
—David Segal, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024
Declining revenue per load offset slight increases in freight volumes at J.B. Hunt’s intermodal and truckload segments.
—Ben Glickman, WSJ, 17 Oct. 2023
More aid trucks are entering Gaza than previously, Freedman said, describing how over the past few weeks up to 200 truckloads of aid were just left waiting for aid agencies to distribute the goods.
—Ruth Marks Eglash, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2024
Well, the three planeloads that the U.S. dropped last week are equivalent to ballpark four to six truckloads.
—Elena Burnett, NPR, 6 Mar. 2024
There’s a truckload of talented and seasoned safeties available, and inside linebacker is a position that’s trending down in terms of value.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 9 Apr. 2024
Your grocery shopping has been improved by worker scheduling technology that ensures there are enough people to stock shelves and also unload truckloads of goods out back.
—Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
Another outfit smuggled truckloads to the East Coast every week, selling each for over $20 million, before investigators dismantled it.
—Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2024
The first ship, the Open Arms, which towed a barge to a makeshift jetty off Gaza on Friday, brought the territory the equivalent of about 10 truckloads of food — far less than the 500 trucks a day aid groups say are needed.
—David Segal, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024
Declining revenue per load offset slight increases in freight volumes at J.B. Hunt’s intermodal and truckload segments.
—Ben Glickman, WSJ, 17 Oct. 2023
More aid trucks are entering Gaza than previously, Freedman said, describing how over the past few weeks up to 200 truckloads of aid were just left waiting for aid agencies to distribute the goods.
—Ruth Marks Eglash, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2024
Well, the three planeloads that the U.S. dropped last week are equivalent to ballpark four to six truckloads.
—Elena Burnett, NPR, 6 Mar. 2024
There’s a truckload of talented and seasoned safeties available, and inside linebacker is a position that’s trending down in terms of value.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
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“Truckload.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truckload. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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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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