1
: a load that fills a boat
a boatload of passengers
2
: an indefinitely large number or amount
a boatload of criticism
a boatload of money
Examples of boatload in a Sentence
a boatload of publicity for the new handheld devices
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Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton made boatloads of money after leaving office—yet still nowhere near as much as the richest president in American history.
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Dan Alexander, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Wentz was supposed to be the quarterback to lead Philadelphia to greatness after the team traded a boatload of capital to draft him second overall in 2016.
—Josh Dubow, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2025
The roughly $14 billion Microsoft has pumped into OpenAI has been critical for the startup, which needs boatloads of GPUs to build and run its models.
—Jonathan Vanian,jordan Novet,lora Kolodny,kif Leswing, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2025
Additionally, Google is also teasing a boatload of new Chromebooks for 2025, with over 20 new devices in its standard Chromebook and Chromebook Plus lines coming this year.
—Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 22 Jan. 2025
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Dan Alexander, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Wentz was supposed to be the quarterback to lead Philadelphia to greatness after the team traded a boatload of capital to draft him second overall in 2016.
—Josh Dubow, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2025
The roughly $14 billion Microsoft has pumped into OpenAI has been critical for the startup, which needs boatloads of GPUs to build and run its models.
—Jonathan Vanian,jordan Novet,lora Kolodny,kif Leswing, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2025
Additionally, Google is also teasing a boatload of new Chromebooks for 2025, with over 20 new devices in its standard Chromebook and Chromebook Plus lines coming this year.
—Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Boatload.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boatload. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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boatload
noun
boat·load
-ˌlōd 
1
: a load that fills a boat
2
: a large amount
a boatload of money
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