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US
/ˈboʊtˌɫoʊd/
]
[ UK /bˈəʊtləʊd/ ]
[ UK /bˈəʊtləʊd/ ]
NOUN
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the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car
he imported wine by the boatload
How To Use boatload In A Sentence
- Yahoo might do a deal with Microsoft for "boatloads" of money | GroundReport Yahoo might do a deal with Microsoft for "boatloads" of money
- He is also charged with similar offences relating to a boatload of 147 refugees, who landed on Australia's Christmas Island on August 4, 2001.
- There's a boatload of Open Source technology worth reading.
- How can rag-tag boatloads of pirates operating from a failed state make a mockery of warships from more than a dozen countries and extract millions of dollars in ransom from the world's biggest shipping ... MP3Board.com
- On stage, she said talks were continuing "a little bit" but it would take "boatloads" of money to agree to a deal. Overheard
- The unions are spending a boatload of money to protect their paycheck deduction for dues and to fight against extending the time to get teacher tenure.
- My first letter focused on a boatload of 14 refugees; conveniently neither Lynda nor Robin mentioned them.
- Can you imagine a boatload of white Zimbabwean farmers being turned away?
- Without these emergency-level interest rates, servicing this additional boatload of debt is no longer possible for ordinary consumers.
- Everyone seemed happy — until we got the teaser that Tommy is back with his boatload of drama next week. 'Brothers & Sisters' recap: Luc dances his way into the Walker clan | EW.com