Definitions for carload

carload car·load

Spelling: [kahr-lohd]
IPA: /ˈkɑrˌloʊd/

Carload is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 150 anagrams from letters in carload (aacdlor).

Definitions for carload

noun

  1. the amount carried by a car, especially a freight car.
  2. the legal minimum weight entitling a railroad shipper to a rate (carload rate) lower than that charged for less than this weight.

Origin of carload

An Americanism dating back to 1850-55; car1 + load

Examples for carload

I believe they are going to get hauled by the carload in November.

The cost of shipping a carload of hay is less than a carload of wheat.

A carload of German tourists had been killed the week before; there was nothing to stop them.

The coroner of Westmoreland county is ordering coffins by the carload.

This means about 160 carloads for the day, or a carload every three minutes.

He recalls calling a meeting when “American Gypsies were flooding in by the carload” to Milwaukee.

For the most part, a carload of randy frat boys causes Metro Vice more headaches than the CES crowd.

"Where not a carload of wheat is shipped in a year," commented Gethings of the San Pablo.

A carload of ambulance supplies was on the way from Cincinnati.

Finally I took a carload and went with it to see what was the matter.

Word Value for carload
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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