shipload

Full vessel's contents

A shipload is the quantity of cargo or passengers that fills a ship: a shipload of grain, shiploads of immigrants arrived at Ellis Island.

By extension, it means a large amount of anything: They made a shipload of money on that deal.

quantity

cargo

Transported goods

capacity · haul · bulk · volume · abundance · massive · plentiful · heap · multitude · quantity

commerce

goods

Things for sale

pallets · crates · inventory · import · export · trade · warehousing · customs · manifest · bill of lading

maritime

vessel

Receptacle for contents

galley · frigate · helm · starboard · portside · keel · mast · rigging · bow · stern

Categories
Opposites
quantity/amount

shiploadsmidgen

Very small quantity

trace · speck · bit · drop · iota

Family

shiploads

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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G