Dictionary
boatload
noun boat·load \ˈbōt-ˌlōd\
: an amount or number that will fill a boat
Full Definition of BOATLOAD
1
: a load that fills a boat
2
: an indefinitely large number <a boatload of money>
See boatload defined for English-language learners
See boatload defined for kids
ADVERTISEMENT
First Known Use of BOATLOAD
1664
Related to BOATLOAD
- Synonyms
- abundance, barrel, basketful, lot, bucket, bunch, bundle, bushel, carload, chunk, deal, dozen, fistful, gobs, good deal, heap, hundred, lashings (also lashins) [chiefly British], loads, 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
Rhymes with BOATLOAD
abode, anode, bar code, busload, byroad, carload, cartload, caseload, cathode, church mode, commode, corrode, crossroad, dead load, decode, diode, displode, download, dress code, dynode, embowed, encode, epode, erode, explode, forebode, freeload, front-load, geode, high road, implode, inroad, live load, lymph node, no-load, off-load, outmode, payload, planeload, postcode, post road, railroad, rhapsode, sarod, shipload, side road, Silk Road, skid road, source code, spring-load, square-toed, tetrode, threnode, trainload, triode, truckload, unload, upload, zip code
Learn More About BOATLOAD
Browse
Next Word in the Dictionary: boatmanPrevious Word in the Dictionary: boat liveryAll Words Near: boatload
ADVERTISEMENT
Seen & Heard
What made you want to look up boatload? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).