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Wagonload

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

The amount that can be loaded onto a wagon..

Definitions by Sense

  1. The amount that can be loaded onto a wagon.
  2. The load of a wagon.
  3. (railways) A type of freight train service in which individual wagons have separate destinations and/or cargos.
  4. (informal) A very large amount.

Example Sentences

Then they piled up the forests they had cut down into a vast pyre in circuit equal to a city, and having let a lake into the caldron that was to seethe it, and carried for eight months in succession a hundred daily wagons[-]load of salt to season the pot, they kindled the crackling mass, and as it flamed up five galleys, every one of which carried its five banks of rowers complete, cruised round the margin of the caldron sea, and as it bubbled up from below, issued prompt directions to the crowd not to overboil the contents.
The countryside through which the line passes grows some beet, too. Ten wagonloads a day are despatched from Fethard and smaller quantities from Farranaleen, Laffan's Bridge and Horse & Jockey.
This firm regularly consigns margarine in palletised wagon-loads to a wide variety of destinations.
Tinsley Yard in Sheffield was once one of the largest and most advanced 'hump' marshalling yards in the world. But a decline in wagonload freight led to its swift demise and much of the site has lain derelict since the 1980s. MICHAEL RHODES examines this rise and fall in Tinsley's fortunes, and the new lease of life it has been offered by rising container traffic

Synonyms for wagonload

wagonfulabundancebattalionarseloadassloadbellyloadboatloadbrimfulbusloadbucketfulbucketloadbutt-tonbumloadbuttloadcartloadcraploaddealfuckloadfucktonfuckwadgreat dealhantleheaphecatombhelluvalothorseloadlashingsloadlotmampus

Antonyms for wagonload

Related Words

waggonloadwagonfulcartloadhorseloadwagonagewagonworkcarloadlorryloadtrainloadball loadtruckloadwagonwagonrytrailerloadfreightwagonwaggonagewell wagonboatloadboxloadbargeload

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does wagonload mean?

Wagonload means The amount that can be loaded onto a wagon..

What is a synonym for wagonload?

Common synonyms include wagonful, abundance, battalion, arseload.

What is the opposite of wagonload?

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

How do you use wagonload in a sentence?

Then they piled up the forests they had cut down into a vast pyre in circuit equal to a city, and having let a lake into the caldron that was to seethe it, and carried for eight months in succession a hundred daily wagons[-]load of salt to season the pot, they kindled the crackling mass, and as it flamed up five galleys, every one of which carried its five banks of rowers complete, cruised round the margin of the caldron sea, and as it bubbled up from below, issued prompt directions to the crowd not to overboil the contents.

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