wagonload

[wag-uhn-lohd]

noun

1. the load carried by a wagon.

wagonload

/ ˈwæɡənˌləʊd /

noun

1. the load that is or can be carried by a wagon

Word History and Origins

Origin of wagonload¹

First recorded in 1715–25; wagon + load

Example Sentences

A night in the royal suite, flowers, chocolates—I am fond of chocolates myself, so I cannot object—and an entire wagonload of beets!

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The Cranstons were traveling with a wagonload of steamer trunks.

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Not to mention that every time I imagined pulling the wagonload home, I imagined that hawk picking up the crate and carrying it off.

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The factory produced just one wagonload of ammunition before the war ended in May 1945 and the camp was liberated.

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One morning Pa went away before daylight with the horses and wagon, and that night he came home with a wagonload of fish.

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