carload

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From car + load.

Your pa in his day ate three carloads of cardamon seeds and cloves and used listerine by the barrel. — In Our Town, William Allen White
The De Beers concern treats 8,000 carloads —about 6,000 tons—of blue rock per day, and the result is three pounds of diamonds. — Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World, Mark Twain
Answer ........ 24 At $1.00 a bushel for potatoes and $20.00 a car for freight, how much will a 400-bushel carload of potatoes cost? — Stanford Achievement Test, Ed. 1922 : $b Advanced Examination, Form A, for Grades 4-8, Lewis M. (Lewis Madison) Terman

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