Backload

Quick meaning: Backload is a noun meaning A load carried on the return journey of a delivery vehicle.

Meaning

A load carried on the return journey of a delivery vehicle.

More Meanings

1. To load toward the back, or towards the end of a period.
2. (transport) To load (cargo, shipment, etc.) after unloading has been completed.
3. (transitive, military) To transport further toward the rear of the theater of war.
4. To fill a syringe with solution from the plunger end of the barrel.

Example Sentences

For a grant this size, you would expect either that the vesting occurs over a considerably longer period or is backloaded.

Not only will repair and recovery be vital, but also the backloading of equipment casualties to farther rearward, better protected, and more specialized maintenance facilities.

Word Forms

• backloads
• back load
• backloading
• backloaded

Antonyms for backload

Common opposites include frontload.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include backhaul, bargeload, bootload, switchback, wagonload, carload.

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