Definition of load

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• load is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 5
• load is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 5
• load is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 6

Definition of load

• a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time (noun)

  Examples

  1. the system broke down under excessive loads

  Synonyms

  1. loading
• corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. adulterate
  2. debase
  3. dilute
  4. stretch
• a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. lode
• goods carried by a large vehicle (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. cargo
  2. consignment
  3. freight
  4. lading
  5. loading
  6. payload
  7. shipment
• provide (a device) with something necessary (verb)

  Examples

  1. He loaded his gun carefully
  2. load the camera

  Synonyms

  1. charge
• weight to be borne or conveyed (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. burden
  2. loading
• the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. payload
  2. warhead
• fill or place a load on (verb)

  Examples

  1. load a car
  2. load the truck with hay

  Synonyms

  1. lade
  2. laden
  3. load up
• an onerous or difficult concern (noun)

  Examples

  1. that's a load off my mind

  Synonyms

  1. burden
  2. encumbrance
  3. incumbrance
  4. onus
• an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate (noun)

  Examples

  1. he got a load on and started a brawl
• electrical device to which electrical power is delivered (noun)
• put (something) on a structure or conveyance (verb)

  Examples

  1. load the bags onto the trucks
• the power output of a generator or power plant (noun)
• transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory (verb)

See definition of load in Merriam Webster