Definitions for boatloadˈboʊtˌloʊd
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
boat•loadˈboʊtˌloʊd(n.)
the cargo that a boat carries.
Category: Nautical, Navy
Origin of boatload:
1670–80
Princeton's WordNet
boatload, shipload, carload(noun)
the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car
"he imported wine by the boatload"
Wiktionary
boatload(Noun)
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.
Origin: From + . Notionally, because the commodity in question might have constituted the entire load of a cargo ship or boat.
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