SHIPLOAD Synonyms: 186 Similar and Opposite Words

shipload

noun

ˈship-ˈlōd

Definition of shipload next

as in ton

a considerable amount it must have taken a shipload of money to build that mansion

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Recent Examples of shipload But shiploads of Chinese passengers continued to journey across the ocean, finding ways around the law. —

Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025 Giuliani said the fabric was initially used by sailors to cover shiploads, produce sails and eventually worn as workwear. —

Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 14 Jan. 2025 With a shipload of multimillionaires and billionaires, how will ULYSSIA avoid a DIEHARD situation at sea, like piracy, kidnapping, or terrorists making a statement? —

Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024 On April 29 1856, a shipload of camels arrived at the Texas port of Indianola. —

Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 29 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for shipload

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Noun

One way that the country is choosing to signal its new start to the world is through the metaphorically bizarre but logistically impressive feat of transporting a 60-ton iceberg from the Antarctic to the 1992 Expo in Seville, Spain — crackly TV footage of which opens the film.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 14 May 2026
Larger sauropods have been found from later on in the Cretaceous period — one as heavy as 70 tons.

— James Doubek, NPR, 14 May 2026