wagonload

noun

wa·​gon·​load ˈwa-gən-ˌlōd 

1

: a load that fills or could fill a wagon

a wagonload of apples

2

: an indefinitely large quantity

a wagonload of options

Examples of wagonload in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Fans have been given a wagonload of Duttons since Costner blazed the trail. —Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2023

Soon 300,000 copies were in circulation, generating plaudits and hate mail by the wagonload. —James Marcus, WSJ, 4 Nov. 2022

Before purchasing a wagonload of rose plants, and then scratching your head over what to do with those scraggly things, read up for tips on how to prepare a proper home for your rose bushes. —Patricia S York, Southern Living, 25 Mar. 2021

Sometimes Natives and newcomers, the white families lurching in by the wagonload as the century turned, coexisted. —Caitlin Fitz, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2020

A few weeks later, an eager group of 40 middle schoolers from the St Joseph’s Camp S*MILE summer program also lent a hand and set a summer record by gathering three wagonloads of corn during their visit to First Fruits Farm. —Melissa Whatley, baltimoresun.com, 3 Sep. 2019

And there are still two wagonloads of hay In the cut fields that need to be brought in Out of the risks of the weather, Bales well-cured and dry, sweet stuff. —Hartford Courant, courant.com, 11 Mar. 2018

Harvey’s was serving 500 wagonloads of the tasty bivalves a week. —John Kelly, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2018

The name, however, has a longer history because the location once housed the Cuban restaurant Victor’s Cafe; near the front door there’s still a mural of oxen pulling a wagonload of sugar cane. —Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1684, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for wagonload

• afterload
• episode
• internode
• microcode
• multimode
• nematode
• nesselrode
• overflowed
• overload
• overrode
• radioed
• torpedoed

Kids Definition

wagonload

noun

wa·​gon·​load ˈwag-ən-ˌlōd 

1

: a load that fills or could fill a wagon

a wagonload of apples

2

: a very large amount

a wagonload of choices