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boatload

[ boht-lohd ]

noun

  1. the cargo that a vessel carries or is capable of carrying.


boatload

/ ˈbəʊtˌləʊd /

noun

  1. the amount of cargo or number of people held by a boat or ship


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Word History and Origins

Origin of boatload1

First recorded in 1670–80; boat + load

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Example Sentences

Here's hoping Aronofsky's passion project makes a boatload of money—despite its flaws.

As the festival wraps, Ragnar Kjartansson's boatload of musicians play its closing notes.

Expect a boatload of commemorative coins, plates, T-shirts, and baby tchotchkes of all sorts to be sold.

“Google, these big outfits, they get subpoenas by the boatload every day,” Deputy Chief Smith said.

Workers with professional or graduate degrees sometimes make a boatload of it.

Finally he got a boatload of the stuff, and, jumping in, sculled the little craft out to the Surprise.

They had a good boatload, yet they moved through the water pretty smartly.

And now the very last boatload was well-nigh ready to start.

She presently became radiant with hope, for a whole boatload of earnest souls went over to reason calmly with the combatants.

One boatload charged up the bank, but not a man reached the top.

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