load
A burden; a weight to be carried.
Example
“I struggled up the hill with the heavy load in my rucksack.”
Other meanings
A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind.
A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.
“The truck overturned while carrying a full load of oil.”
Synonyms
- burden
A kind of
- weight
Kinds of load
- live load
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "lād".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “load” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.