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shipload

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ship·load  (shpld)
n.
The amount a ship can carry.
shipload [ˈʃɪpˌləʊd]
n
(Transport / Nautical Terms) the quantity carried by a ship
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Noun1.shipload - the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car; "he imported wine by the boatload"
boatload, carload
large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude
Translations
shipload [ˈʃɪpləʊd] N → cargamento m
shipload [ˈʃɪpləʊd] n → cargaison f
shipload [ˈʃɪpˌləʊd] n → carico (fig) (fam) → marea
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I had read sea-romances in my time, wherein figured, as a matter of course, the lone woman in the midst of a shipload of men; but I learned, now, that I had never comprehended the deeper significance of such a situation--the thing the writers harped upon and exploited so thoroughly.
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And it was after long searching that I found out the carpenter's chest, which was, indeed, a very useful prize to me, and much more valuable than a shipload of gold would have been at that time.
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That much rain does not fall is very certain, for the houses are covered only with flat roofs made of hardened mud; and on the mole shiploads of wheat were piled up, being thus left for weeks together without any shelter.
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