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boatload

noun
/ˈbəʊtˌləʊd/UK/ˈboʊtˌloʊd/US

Etymology

From boat + load. The figurative sense is extended from the literal sense.

  1. derived from *leyt-✻
  2. inherited from *laidō✻
  3. inherited from lād
  4. inherited from lode
  5. formed as boatload — “boat + load”

Definitions

  1. Cargo or passengers that fill a boat.

    • a boatload of ferry passengers

  2. A large quantity.

    • He showed up an hour later with a whole boatload of hamburgers, chips, cookies, and assorted other munchies, not to mention sodas and beer, and we all fell in and stuffed ourselves silly.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA