From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishshiploadship‧load /ˈʃɪpləʊd $ -loʊd/ noun [countable] TTAMOUNTthe amount of goods or people a ship can carryshipload of Several shiploads of grain arrived in the harbor that day.
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shipload• They used to swap aluminium ore for shiploads of them imported from the Soviet Union.shipload of• Several shiploads of grain arrived in the harbor that day. 