wagonful

What fills a wagon

A wagonful is the amount that fills a wagon—as much as a wagon can hold or carry.

The word measures by container rather than by precise quantity: a wagonful of hay, a wagonful of immigrants heading west.

It can suggest abundance or a large but undefined amount.

cargo

load

Carried weight or burden

shipment · consignment · merchandise · supplies · delivery · produce · lading · parcels · bundles · sacks

quantity

load

Carried weight or burden

  • heapJumbled collection of items
  • pileAccumulated mass of objects
  • moundHeaped earth formation

mass · amount · volume · capacity · measure · batch · stockpile · abundance · plenty · bounty

transport

cartage

Fee for transporting goods

freight · delivery · carriage · hauling · trucking · shipping · transit · logistics · dispatch · portage

harvest

grain

Cereal plant's harvest unit

  • hayDried feed crop
  • cornCereal grown on cobs
  • wheatCereal crop for flour

apples · pumpkins · potatoes · sheaves · produce · crops · vegetables · straw · cotton · turnips

Opposites
quantity/amount

wagonfulhandful

Amount a palm holds

pinch · smidgen · trace · drop · bit

Family

wagonfuls

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G