Lexic.us

Definition of Loads

1. Noun. A large number or amount. "She amassed stacks of newspapers"

Definition of Loads

1. Adjective. (slang mainly UK) Lots, much, plenty, a great deal. ¹

2. Noun. (plural of load) ¹

3. Verb. (third-person singular of load) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Loads

1. load [v] - See also: load

Lexicographical Neighbors of Loads

Literary usage of Loads

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Then the loads at A and В are W(pi)/f> and Wi/f. Now let С (fig. 46) be the section at which the greatest shear is required, and let the loads advance from ..."

2. Strength of Materials by James Ellsworth Boyd (1911)
"Beam Supported at Ends, Two Equal loads Symmetrically Placed. — An important case is that of a beam supported at two points with two equal loads at equal ..."

3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1907)
"ear loads in the fifth class. By the order of the Commission, rendered in 1891, as we have seen, soap in car loads was put in the sixth class. ..."

4. Annual Report by Mexican International Railroad Company (1893)
"There were shipped to the United States during the year 2286 car-loads of coal and coke against 1^487 for 1893. The shipments of silver, lead and iron ores ..."

5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1907)
"By the order of he Commission, rendered in 1891, as we ave seen, soap in car loads was put in the ixth class. By official classification No. ..."

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