carload

A noun referring to the number of passengers that can fill an automobile, or the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat, ship, or freight car.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa a quantidade de passageiros que cabe em um automóvel, ou a quantidade de carga que um barco, navio ou vagão de trem pode transportar.

1. Passengers filling a car B1 informal american

   A group of people large enough to fill a car or automobile.

   • A carload of teenagers arrived at the concert.
   • We brought a carload of friends to the beach.
   • The carload of tourists stopped for photos.

   🇵🇹Carro cheio de gente

   Sinônimos: carful

2. Cargo capacity B2 formal technical

   The amount of goods or cargo that can be carried by a freight car, boat, or ship.

   • The train carried a carload of grain to the port.
   • Each carload of coal was weighed before departure.
   • The ship's carload of supplies was unloaded at the dock.

   🇵🇹Capacidade de carga de um vagão

   Sinônimos: boatloadloadshipload

• carloads plural form
• carloads' possessive plural form
• carload's possessive singular form