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Buttload
A regional English measure of capacity of a heavy cart (a butt), containing 6 seams, or 48 bushels, equivalent to 384 gallons.
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noun
- 1
A regional English measure of capacity of a heavy cart (a butt), containing 6 seams, or 48 bushels, equivalent to 384 gallons.
- 2
A large amount carried in a butt.
"We spent all day Sunday and picked up a buttload of pecans."
- 3
(by extension, mildly) Any large but unspecific amount.
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| Word | Definition |
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| butt loadnoun | Alternative form of buttload. [(obsolete, UK, West Country) A regional English measure of capacity of a heavy cart (a butt), containing 6 seams, or 48 bushels, equivalent to 384 gallons.] |
| butt-loadnoun | Alternative form of buttload. [(obsolete, UK, West Country) A regional English measure of capacity of a heavy cart (a butt), containing 6 seams, or 48 bushels, equivalent to 384 gallons.] |
| buttnoun | (countable) The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end |
| ox-buttnoun | (West Country, obsolete) An ox-drawn cart. |
| bootloadnoun | (computing) The work done by a boot loader; the startup of an operating system. |
| buttocknoun | (usually in the plural) Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum, and the top of the legs. |
| gurry-buttnoun | (West Country, obsolete) A horse- or ox-drawn cart used for carrying dung. |
| bellyloadnoun | (colloquial) The amount that will fit in one's belly. |
| assloadnoun | (slang, vulgar, US) A large amount. |
| bucknoun | A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the hamster, ferret, salmonid, shad and kangaroo. |
| barrel bulknoun | A measure equal to five cubic feet, used in estimating capacity, as of a vessel for freight. |
| cartloadnoun | The amount that a cart can carry. |
| busloadnoun | The amount that can fit on a bus. |
| bargeloadnoun | A load of a barge; the amount of material that constitutes one such load. |
| boxloadnoun | A load comprising a full box. |
| gurry-butnoun | Alternative spelling of gurry-butt. [(West Country, obsolete) A horse- or ox-drawn cart used for carrying dung.] |
| jobbenoun | Obsolete spelling of job (“cartload”). [A task.] |
| bilgenoun | (slang, uncountable) Stupid talk or writing; nonsense. |
| boatloadnoun | (slang) A large quantity. |
| bundooknoun | (slang, UK) A service-issue rifle. |
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