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boatload Definition

boat·load (-lōd′)

noun

  1. all the freight or passengers that a boat can carry or contain
  2. the load carried by a boat

boatload Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • tourist: Of course, there's a downside: boatloads of tourists coming for a nose with their digital camcorders and whining children.
  • people: Met up with a boatload of French people who came alongside offering us wine.
  • diver: Given the choices, I'd vote for a boatload of boring, sleepy divers in the middle of nowhere in a blink.
  • refugee: Auntie Victoria said she'd heard about a boatload of refugees landing during the night.
  • stuff: Anyways, we are almost at $ 1000 and got a boatload of stuff to give away, like 20+ CPUs from AMD.

Converse of object

  • have: Studio version 9 has boatloads of exciting new features including: New!
  • get: Anyways, we are almost at $ 1000 and got a boatload of stuff to give away, like 20+ CPUs from AMD.
  • see: So it was good to see a boatload of TAC readers chug out that way in early May for some first-hand experience.

Adjective modifier

  • other: I.e. if one does not have Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 or the other boatload of MS stuff that I do not have installed.
  • full: Above the lower deck is the main sitting room, which looked to be a bit small for a full boatload.
  • first: By the end of 1769 the first boatloads of coal were passing through Hawkesbury between Bedworth and Coventry's Bishop Street Canal Basin.

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