"boxload" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: boxloads [plural]
Etymology: From box + load. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|box|load}} box + load Head templates: {{en-noun}} boxload (plural boxloads)
  1. A load comprising a full box.
    Sense id: en-boxload-en-noun-mPWyOjDT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12
  2. (figurative) A large amount. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-boxload-en-noun-bHaDYSA0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: boxful

Inflected forms

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    ],
    [
      "load",
      "load#English"
    ]
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "box",
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      },
      "expansion": "box + load",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From box + load.",
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  ],
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 12",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A load comprising a full box."
      ],
      "id": "en-boxload-en-noun-mPWyOjDT",
      "links": [
        [
          "load",
          "load"
        ],
        [
          "box",
          "box"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "2014, Tamasailau M. Suaalii-Sauni, Maualaivao Albert Wendt, Naomi Fuamatu, Whispers and Vanities: Samoan Indigenous Knowledge and Religion\nThe inner structure contains a whole boxload of negative beliefs and feelings about being unworthy; fearful of one's own weakness; […]"
        }
      ],
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        "A large amount."
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        "(figurative) A large amount."
      ],
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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
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  ],
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    [
      "box",
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    ],
    [
      "load",
      "load#English"
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  "etymology_text": "From box + load.",
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          "text": "2014, Tamasailau M. Suaalii-Sauni, Maualaivao Albert Wendt, Naomi Fuamatu, Whispers and Vanities: Samoan Indigenous Knowledge and Religion\nThe inner structure contains a whole boxload of negative beliefs and feelings about being unworthy; fearful of one's own weakness; […]"
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      ],
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        "A large amount."
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