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[ boht-lohd ] / ˈboʊtˌloʊd /
nounthe cargo that a vessel carries or is capable of carrying. Origin of boatloadFirst recorded in 1670–80; boat + load Words nearby boatloadboat hook, boathouse, boatie, boating, boatlift, boatload, boatman, boatmanship, boat nail, boat neck, boat patch Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for boatloadHere's hoping Aronofsky's passion project makes a boatload of money—despite its flaws. ‘Noah’ Review: An Ambitious, Flawed Biblical Tale That You Have to See|Andrew Romano|March 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST As the festival wraps, Ragnar Kjartansson's boatload of musicians play its closing notes. Venice Biennale Sails into the Sunset|Blake Gopnik|November 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST Expect a boatload of commemorative coins, plates, T-shirts, and baby tchotchkes of all sorts to be sold. The Royal Baby Is Already Making Britain Better|Daniel Gross|July 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST “Google, these big outfits, they get subpoenas by the boatload every day,” Deputy Chief Smith said. Fugitives Who Love Facebook: The Next Big Crime Wave|Winston Ross|April 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Workers with professional or graduate degrees sometimes make a boatload of it. We Overvalue College|Professor X|September 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST Just then up the Wabash came a Spaniard with a boatload of valuable goods. The Conquest|Eva Emery Dye Many of the trees with their sprawling roots were overgrown with oysters and the boys gathered half a boatload of the bivalves. The Radio Detectives Under the Sea|A. Hyatt Verrill And the boatload ahead ceased from their jovial ditty, gripped by the conventional melancholy of evening. Twos and Threes|G. B. Stern That's a purely Osnomian war-gadget—kind of a battleship detector—shows that there's a boatload of bad news around here somewhere. Skylark Three|Edward Elmer Smith Having gotten a boatload, it is laid out to decompose in a kraal on the beach, where it is washed by the sea. Elsie and Her Namesakes|Martha Finley
British Dictionary definitions for boatload
nounthe amount of cargo or number of people held by a boat or ship Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |