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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

Over the weekend, we sipped way too much wine and perfumed the house with a boatload of bacon.

Edtech unicorns have boatloads of cash to spend following the capital boost to the sector in 2020.

Yet the vibe works, combining jazzier-than-expected styling with a boatload of amenities.

New Orleans got younger and more fun on paper, Adams should help shoulder the load inside, and Griffin has stockpiled a boatload of draft picks as he attempts to construct a sustainable winner around Williamson.

It takes many years and boatloads of money to get a single spacecraft off the ground and out of Earth’s atmosphere.

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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