boatload

[ boht-lohd ]

/ ˈboʊtˌloʊd /

noun

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

Nearby words

boathook, boathouse, boatie, boating, boatlift, boatload, boatman, boatmanship, boatslip, boatsman, boatsmanship

Origin of boatload

First recorded in 1670–80; boat + load

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Examples from the Web for boatload

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

boatload

/ (ˈbəʊtˌləʊd) /

noun

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

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