"carload" meaning in English

See carload in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɑːləʊd/ [UK], [ˈkʰɑːləʊd] [UK], /ˈkɑɹloʊd/ [US], [ˈkʰɑɹloʊd] [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-NaomiAmethyst-carload.wav [US] Forms: carloads [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós Proto-Celtic *karros Gaulish *karrosbor. Latin carrus Anglo-Norman carrebor. Middle English carre English car English load English carload From car + load. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|car|load|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós Proto-Celtic *karros Gaulish *karrosbor. Latin carrus Anglo-Norman carrebor. Middle English carre English car English load English carload [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "cart", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "wagon", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "wagon", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "wagon", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "vehicle", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "run", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ḱers-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "zero-grade", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ḱr̥sós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Celtic", "term" : "*karros", "lang" : "cel-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Gaulish", "term" : "*karros", "lang" : "cel-gau" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "carrus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Anglo-Norman", "term" : "carre", "lang" : "xno" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "carre", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "car", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "load", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "carload", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="carload"> From car + load. Head templates: {{en-noun}} carload (plural carloads)
  1. The contents of an automobile (passengers, supplies, etc.) for one trip. Translations (content of an automobile): autokuorma (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-carload-en-noun-en:automobile_contents Disambiguation of 'content of an automobile': 100 0
  2. (rail transport, US, Canada) The quantity of goods that can be carried in a freight car. Tags: Canada, US
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: carful (english: sometimes synonymous), containerload, trailerload, truckload, wagonload

Inflected forms

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