boatload C2+ Topic:Transportation US /ˈboʊtˌloʊd/ UK /ˈbəʊtˌləʊd/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun as much as a boat can carry; a large amount They earned a boatload of money on the deal. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · as much as a boat can... cargoloadabundanceheapmasstonplentylots Word family Related forms boatload Etymology AI details A compound of boat + load. Boat is from Old English bāt ('boat'), and load from Old English lād ('way, course, carrying'), from Proto-Germanic *laidō. bāt Old English lād Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Transportation External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # boatload **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈboʊtˌloʊd/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈbəʊtˌləʊd/ ## Meanings 1. as much as a boat can carry; a large amount ## Examples - They earned a boatload of money on the deal. ## Synonyms - cargo - load - abundance - heap - mass - ton - plenty - lots ## Related Forms - boat - load ## Roots and Affixes - Root: bāt - Root: lād ## Etymology A compound of boat + load. Boat is from Old English bāt ('boat'), and load from Old English lād ('way, course, carrying'), from Proto-Germanic *laidō. ## AI Etymology Boatload is a compound of boat + load. Boat is from Old English bāt ('boat'), and load from Old English lād ('way, course, carrying'), from Proto-Germanic *laidō. Important recorded forms include bāt (Old English) and lād (Old English). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers as much as a boat can carry; a large amount. The wider family includes related words such as boat and load. ## Topics - Transportation markdown