shipload

«shipload» in Mova's school dictionary: the full amount that a ship can carry, or a very large… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (shipload, shiploads)

meaning for a pupil

A shipload is the full amount that a ship can carry, or a very large load carried by ship. tree →

sense in the lessons

used in tales for a huge cargo of goods such as incense, gold or grain; it names a large amount without giving a number

examples

• The merchant sold a shipload of spices. tree →
• They unloaded a shipload of wool at the port. tree →
• He paid for the shipload with his gold. tree →

note

A shipload gives no exact count; it means a big amount, so the number must be found elsewhere in the problem

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «shipload» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.