load: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 5 letter points · starts with L · ends with D
Meaning of load
noun
A burden; a weight to be carried.
Example: I struggled up the hill with the heavy load in my rucksack.
- figuratively
A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind.
A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.
Example: The truck overturned while carrying a full load of oil.
A quantity of washing put into a washing machine for a wash cycle.
Example: I put a load on before we left.
Listed forms: loads.
Source: Wiktionary — load.
verb
- transitive
To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).
Example: The dock workers refused to load the ship.
- transitive
To place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage.
Example: The longshoremen loaded the cargo quickly.
- intransitive
To put a load on something.
Example: The truck was supposed to leave at dawn, but in fact we spent all morning loading.
- intransitive
To receive a load.
Example: The truck is designed to load easily.
Listed forms: loads, loading, loaded, loaden.
Source: Wiktionary — load.
noun
- Internet, obsolete
A person that spends all day online. The term was originally used in the late 1980s to describe users on free Q-Link (later America Online) accounts who never signed off the system at great expense to the company.
Example: She never logs off; she is a real LOAD!
Listed forms: loads.
Source: Wiktionary — load.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for load.
noun
weight to be borne or conveyed
noun
a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time
noun
goods carried by a large vehicle
noun
an onerous or difficult concern
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is load in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of load
L(1) + O(1) + A(1) + D(2) = 5 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of load
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from load
11 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in load. Showing up to 24, longest first.