Word Finder - carload

definition

The contents of an automobile (passengers, supplies, etc.) for one trip.

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I brought a carload of flowers to her.

definition

The quantity of goods that can be carried in a freight car.

example

less-than-carload freight

A carload of drovers, too, in the midst, on a level with their droves now, their vocation gone, but still clinging to their useless sticks as their badge of office.

In the confusion of the group's departure, a carload of ice climbers arrived to register.

The idea is that the County Commissioner takes a carload of interested girls, but so far I have not had any names.

When I think of the benefactors of the race, whom we have apotheosized as messengers from heaven, bearers of divine gifts to man, I do not see in my mind any retinue at their heels, any carload of fashionable furniture.

This carload of torn sails is more legible and interesting now than if they should be wrought into paper and printed books.

The park also offers a carload discount on Wednesdays and reduced rates in November, December, and March.