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View synonyms for shipload

shipload

[ ship-lohd ]

noun

  1. a full load for a ship
  2. the cargo or load carried by a ship.


shipload

/ ˈʃɪpˌləʊd /

noun

  1. the quantity carried by a 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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of shipload1

First recorded in 1630–40; ship 1 + load
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Example Sentences

He gave him, therefore, his freedom, and presented him with a shipload of merchandise.

Yet, among the whole shipload of rogues, the only man who victimized us was Titoff, the chief engineer.

Suppose that quantity was high enough to justify our shipload, came doubts in another quarter.

We next see the shipload of bishops and virgins arriving at Cologne.

Fleets of relief ships were sent across from America, and many a shipload of Irish peasants was brought back.

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