noun
- plural of carload; the quantity of goods or passengers that a car can hold or transport
Usage: usually used in the phrase 'by the carload' to mean in large quantities
Examples
- The store received carloads of merchandise for the holiday sale.
- Tourists arrived by the carload during the summer season.
- We bought supplies by the carload to save money.
- The factory shipped carloads of products to distributors across the country.
- Families came in carloads to attend the county fair.