boatload

C2+ Topic:Numbers & Quantity

US /ˈboʊtˌloʊd/ UK /ˈbəʊtˌləʊd/ See IPA manual

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as much as a boat can carry; a large amount

They earned a boatload of money on the deal.

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1 noun · as much as a boat can... cargo load abundance heap mass ton plenty lots

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Related forms boat load

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.

bāt Old English lād Old English

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# 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
- Numbers & Quantity

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