carload

Full sedan's passengers

A carload is the amount that fills a car—either a railroad freight car or an automobile.

Railroad usage is older and more precise: shipping rates distinguish carload from less-than-carload quantities.

In everyday speech, carload is informal hyperbole for a large amount: We brought home a carload of groceries.

A carload of kids showed up for the party.

quantity

amount

Total quantity present

  • batchQuantity produced together
  • shipmentGoods being transported
  • haulPull or carry laboriously

volume · capacity · mass · weight · tonnage · bulk · abundance · multitude · quantity · payload

transport

vehicle

Means of transport

  • automobileSelf-propelled passenger conveyance
  • sedanEnclosed passenger car
  • SUVRugged passenger vehicle

van · minivan · station wagon · hatchback · truck · trailer · railcar · boxcar · flatcar · tanker

group

passengers

Transported travelers

  • peopleHumans as a group
  • crowdLarge public gathering
  • bunchGrouped collection of items

party · crew · gang · family · kids · friends · tourists · commuters · travelers · riders

cargo

goods

Things for sale

commodities · materials · supplies · products · inventory · stock · wares · lading · packages · parcels

packed

crammed

Overfilled or overstuffed

brimming · bursting · laden · chock-full · sardines · crowded · heaped · stacked · piled · squeezed

Categories
Opposites
quantity/amount

carloadsmidgen

Very small quantity

trace · speck · bit · hint · dab

Family

carloads

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G