1
: a load (as of occupants) that fills a car
a carload of tourists
2
: the minimum number of tons required for shipping at carload rates
3
: a large unspecified quantity
a carload of excuses
Synonyms
- abundance
- barrel
- basketful
- boatload
- bucket
- bunch
- bundle
- bushel
- chunk
- deal
- dozen
- fistful
- gobs
- good deal
- heap
- hundred
- lashings [chiefly British]
- lashins
- loads
- lot
- mass
- mess
- mountain
- much
- multiplicity
- myriad
- oodles
- pack
- passel
- peck
- pile
- plateful
- plenitude
- plentitude
- plenty
- pot
- potful
- profusion
- quantity
- raft
- reams
- scads
- sheaf
- shipload
- sight
- slew
- spate
- stack
- store
- ton
- truckload
- volume
- wad
- wealth
- yard
Examples of carload in a Sentence
She brought home a carload of books.
People were arriving by the carload.
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Kenny Rocker, executive vice president of marketing and sales at Union Pacific, acknowledged in the call that potential tariff changes could further impact volumes at the railroad, with revenue carloads increasing 5 percent in the fourth quarter to 2.16 million.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
The fee is $2 per carload or $5 per SUV or pickup truckload.
—Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Dec. 2024
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Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
Shortly after, Holmgren said, two carloads of ATF agents appeared at his job.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2025
Kenny Rocker, executive vice president of marketing and sales at Union Pacific, acknowledged in the call that potential tariff changes could further impact volumes at the railroad, with revenue carloads increasing 5 percent in the fourth quarter to 2.16 million.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
The fee is $2 per carload or $5 per SUV or pickup truckload.
—Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for carload
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“Carload.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carload. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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carload
noun
car·load
ˈkär-ˈlōd 
: a load (as of passengers) that fills a car
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