On this page you'll find 5 example sentences with Shipload. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as boatload or carload and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Shipload meaning
- The amount (of cargo) that a ship can carry.
- Minced oath of shitload.
Using Shipload
- The main meaning on this page is: The amount (of cargo) that a ship can carry. | Minced oath of shitload.
- Useful related words include: boatload, carload, large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount.
- In the example corpus, shipload often appears in combinations such as: shipload of, with shipload.
Context around Shipload
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shipload
- In this selection, "shipload" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include among a shipload of youthful and have a shipload of conroys. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shipload" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shipload
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Palamedes set out and returned with a shipload of grain. (10 words)
In spring, Leif returns to Greenland with a shipload of timber towing a boatload of grapes. (16 words)
In August 1940, 11-year-old Beatrix Thompson is among a shipload of youthful British refugees whose parents have sent them to safety in New England. (26 words)
She is also recorded as saying with regard to her followers "go mb'fhearr léi lán loinge de chlann Chonraoi agus de chlann Mhic an Fhailí ná lán loinge d'ór" (that she would rather have a shipload of Conroys and MacAnallys than a shipload of gold). (47 words)
In August 1940, 11-year-old Beatrix Thompson is among a shipload of youthful British refugees whose parents have sent them to safety in New England. (26 words)
It is notable that the Italian Police seized a shipload of Tramadol, which they claimed to be sold to the Islamic State in Libya from India. (26 words)
Example sentences (5)
She is also recorded as saying with regard to her followers "go mb'fhearr léi lán loinge de chlann Chonraoi agus de chlann Mhic an Fhailí ná lán loinge d'ór" (that she would rather have a shipload of Conroys and MacAnallys than a shipload of gold).
In August 1940, 11-year-old Beatrix Thompson is among a shipload of youthful British refugees whose parents have sent them to safety in New England.
It is notable that the Italian Police seized a shipload of Tramadol, which they claimed to be sold to the Islamic State in Libya from India.
In spring, Leif returns to Greenland with a shipload of timber towing a boatload of grapes.
Palamedes set out and returned with a shipload of grain.
Common combinations with shipload
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- shipload of 6×
- with shipload 2×