cartloads

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɑːt.ləʊdz/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑɹt.loʊdz/

Noun

cartloads

  1. plural of cartload
    • 1902 (Jan 2), William C. Haddock, Annual Report of the Bureau of Street Cleaning for the Year 1901
      There were also 173,387 private alleys cleaned, from which streets, alleys and inlets there were removed *178,495 cartloads of dirt.
      There were removed from buildings *639,833 cartloads of ashes and *30,472 cartloads of dry waste, and *252,238 cartloads of kitchen garbage, making a grand total of matter removed of *1,101,038 cartloads.
    • 2010, Fei Wu, Suicide and Justice: A Chinese Perspective, page 162:
      Wubo, a villager of Li village, wanted to use the wheat straw as firewood, and carried home several cartloads of it.

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