trainloads

Bulk freight amounts

Trainloads is the plural of trainload—the amount a train can carry, or a very large quantity of something.

The word emphasizes volume: Trainloads of coal arrived daily at the power plant.

Figuratively, it suggests overwhelming abundance: They received trainloads of complaints after the announcement.

railway

boxcars

Highest dice throw

gondolas · locomotives · engines · rails · tracks · junctions · marshalling · couplings · consist · cars

cargo

freight

Goods being transported

consignments · merchandise · bulk · supplies · materials · produce · containers · pallets · crates · coal

quantity

carloads

Vehicle-filling quantities

busloads · truckloads · planeloads · masses · hordes · droves · scores · heaps · tons · multitudes

logistics

transport

Moving things between places

delivery · warehousing · supply-chain · dispatch · routing · scheduling · terminals · depots · yards · sidings

Opposites
quantity/amount

trainloadstrickle

Thin, slow stream

handful · few · pittance · smattering · dribble

Family

trainload

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G