trunkload

English

Etymology

From trunk +‎ load.

Noun

trunkload (plural trunkloads)

1. (US) A quantity sufficient to fill the trunk of a car
   • 2009 January 25, Azadeh Moaveni, “Wine-Order Bride”, in The New York Times Magazine‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 November 2022:

     But Joseph’s mobile phone seemed permanently off, and we soon learned that he had been caught by the police with a trunkload of whiskey.

Synonyms

• trunkful

See also

• truckload

Anagrams

• talk round