English

Alternative forms

• train load

Noun

trainload ‎(plural trainloads)

1. The amount that can be transported by a train.
2. (by extension) A large amount.

   You just bought yourself a trainload of trouble. I think you're now in over your head.

   • 1926, Gerald William Bullett, The Baker's Cart: And Other Tales, page 164

     A shudder ran through Mr. Binnacle. Better a whole trainload of invigilators than this grotesque and solitary persecutor!

   • 2012, Mary Seaton, Tales From The Sand Hills, page 47

     They were peculiar people, slow. Well more backwards I think, probably a bit retarded. Well very retarded actually - the father had a few 'roos loose in the top paddock but the mother had a whole trainload.

Synonyms

• trainful