planeload

noun

plane·​load ˈplān-ˌlōd How to pronounce planeload (audio)
: a load that fills an airplane

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Seventy-two hours later, the team did it again, moving another planeload of pets to safety. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026 Which means right about now, the island is buzzing with thousands of MAMILs (middle aged men in lycra) and affably amateur Brits are arriving by the planeload. — Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026 Early one morning behind the airport in La Lima, Honduras, before the first planeload of deportees landed, Sister Idalina Bordignon was meeting with her staff about an unsettling situation. — Caitlin Dickerson, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026 And under President Barack Obama, who was all talk and no action, Iran got rich selling sanction-less oil to China even as Obama sent planeloads of cash to pacify Iran. — Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 13 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for planeload

Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of planeload was in 1925

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“Planeload.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/planeload. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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