planeload

noun

plane·​load ˈplān-ˌlōd How to pronounce planeload (audio)
: a load that fills an airplane

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Which means right about now, the island is buzzing with thousands of MAMILs (middle aged men in lycra) and affably amateur Brits are arriving by the planeload. Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026 Early one morning behind the airport in La Lima, Honduras, before the first planeload of deportees landed, Sister Idalina Bordignon was meeting with her staff about an unsettling situation. Caitlin Dickerson, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026 And under President Barack Obama, who was all talk and no action, Iran got rich selling sanction-less oil to China even as Obama sent planeloads of cash to pacify Iran. Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 13 Apr. 2026 Librandi, part of the latest planeload of like-minded volunteers, was young, untrained and eager to make a difference in the face of devastation. Elizabeth Germino, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for planeload

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First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of planeload was in 1925

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“Planeload.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/planeload. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

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