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load

noun [C] (WEIGHT CARRIED)
 
 /loʊd/

Definition

› the amount or weight of something carried by a vehicle, a structure such as a bridge, or a person or animal: The truck had a load of bricks. The maximum load for this elevator is eight persons. › physics Load is also the weight being moved by a lever.
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