planeload

noun

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

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Librandi, part of the latest planeload of like-minded volunteers, was young, untrained and eager to make a difference in the face of devastation. — Elizabeth Germino, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026 But at a press conference on the day after the first planeload of migrants landed last month, the country’s president dodged, reassuring the public that the migrants were only passing through Panama on their way elsewhere. — Lomi Kriel, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2025 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 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 7 Jul. 2026.

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