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UK
/kˈɑːləʊd/
]
[ US /ˈkɑɹˌɫoʊd/ ]
[ US /ˈkɑɹˌɫoʊd/ ]
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 - a gathering of passengers sufficient to fill an automobile
How To Use carload In A Sentence
- Fans are invited to fill up their car, van or truck with friends and family and drive to the track to receive and old-fashioned 'carload' discount. Automotive Headlines
- He treated her like a carload of nitroglycerine, but she didn't look at him, only at me. TROPIC OF NIGHT
- The final freight train (I learned this from the friends of the high line) carried three carloads of frozen turkeys.
- However, since the implementation of the revenue cap both railways have pursued a policy of offering discounts to shippers for multiple carloads, discounts made relative to the single car rate.
- Anti social behaviour crept into the village when a carload of people arrived on Saturday night (3am Sunday morning), making a racket.
- When a carload of thieves tried to steal oranges from our yard, I soon found myself outmanned and outgunned - and decided that 100 pounds of pilfered fruit is not worth your life.
- Along the way they catch the unwelcome and decidedly nonsupernatural attention of a carload of macho young men who pursue the two lovers, intent on violence.
- Thirdly, since the nickel deposits are not only nickel deposits, but also deposits containing copper and precious metals, especially the platinum metals, it is necessary to work out processes which will recover every possible ounce of value from each carload which is mined. Factors in Developing a Mineral Deposit
- Instead, Congress has told Amtrak to increase sharply the number of carloads it hauls or forgo $8.3 million in additional federal money.
- The 1975 wilderness designation saved the Dolly Sods from strip mining: The plateau's rich vein of coal would have become so many carloads, helping to fire Mt. Storm's boilers.