wagonload

Cart's full capacity

A wagonload is the amount a wagon can carry—a substantial quantity of goods or materials.

The term extends to any large amount: a wagonload of trouble, a wagonload of excuses.

Like truckload or boatload, it suggests abundance without precision.

quantity

cartload

Quantity a wagon holds

haul · batch · consignment · delivery · volume · mass · capacity · amount · measure · burden

frontier

pioneer

Early explorer or settler

trek · homestead · frontier · trail · caravan · oxen · teamster · expedition · territory · goldrush

harvest

crop

Cultivated agricultural plants

  • grainCereal plant's harvest unit
  • sheafBound bundle of stalks
  • hayDried feed crop

produce · yield · bushel · reaping · threshing · farmwork · agriculture · orchard · vineyard · gleaning

abundance

plenty

Sufficient quantity, and then some

surplus · excess · overflow · wealth · cornucopia · glut · surfeit · ample · plentiful · richness

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Opposites
quantity/amount

wagonloadhandful

Amount a palm holds

pittance · smidgen · trace · trickle · bit

Family

wagonloads

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