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Word entry · 8 letters

shipload

Best crossword clue

"Cargo amount"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈʃɪpˌloʊd/Part of speech nounSorted adhilopsStarts with SEnds with D1 clues
1S2H3I4P5L6O7A8D

Definitions

  1. the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car

Word origin

From ship + load.

Used in a sentence

  • The Penrhyn slate quarry possibly dates back to the sixteenth century, as it appears that in 1580 Sion Tudor asked the Bishop of Bangor for a shipload of slate.
  • Alas, our shipload of Pelts, upon which we had borrow'd heavily, approaching the Channel, was surpriz'd by one of Monseer's Privateers and like that, ta'en.
  • But, providing you have access to a shipload of coloured pencils and a naughty boy to sharpen them, they are a good and valid classroom method with a variety of applications.

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