Words / B1

LOHD/ləʊd/

A load is something heavy that is carried, or an amount of work: a teaching load; a load limit. Workload is a close twin for work (already in the dictionary). Cargo is goods in transport. Lifts: a load limit of eight people.

Meaning

Something heavy that is carried; also an amount of work (a teaching load).

Examples

• “The lift has a load limit of eight people.”
• “A full teaching load left no time for marking, which is the work sense.”

Good to know

a load limit; a load of + goods. Work: a teaching load / workload. Transport: cargo. Informal: a load of (a lot of) — avoid in formal essays.

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