different between carload vs cartload

English

Etymology

From car +? load

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k??l??d/, [?k???l??d]
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k??lo?d/, [?k???lo?d]

Noun

carload (plural carloads)

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

2. (rail transport, US, Canada) The quantity of goods that can be carried in a freight car.

Translations

References

• “carload”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “less-than-carload”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

English

Etymology

From Middle English cartlode, cartelode, equivalent to cart +? load.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k??t.l??d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k??t.lo?d/

Noun

cartload (plural cartloads)

1. The amount that a cart can carry.
   • 1854 Francis Rawdon Chesney - The Russo-Turkish Campaigns of 1828 and 1829

     Two days of skirmishing outside the town were followed by a bold sortie headed by a dervish; and, as the result of this affair, a cartload of heads was sent as trophies to Constantinople.
2. (by extension) Any large amount.
   • 1850 Edward Everett - The Mount Vernon Papers

     . . . although a little apt to get buried under a cartload of written pleadings, . . .

3. (historical, specifically) A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities.

Synonyms

• (amount that a cart can carry): cartful
• (unspecific amount): wagonload, cart, wagon, fodder, fother
• (specific measure): See load

Hyponyms

• (specific measure): See load

Translations

Anagrams

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