n. Function: noun
1 something which is carried, conveyed, or transported from one place to another FF1C; a load of grain just arrived FF1E;
Synonyms: burden, cargo, freight, haul, lading, payload
Related Words: bale, pack, parcel, shipment
2 something heavy FF1C; could not lift the load FF1E;
Synonyms: weight
3 a burdensome or laborious responsibility FF1C; considered taking care of the children a heavy load FF1E;
Synonyms: burden, charge, deadweight, duty, millstone, onus, task, tax, weight
Related Words: care, liability, obligation, responsibility; drag, drain, pressure
Idioms: millstone around one's neck
Contrasted Words: breeze, child's play, cinch, duck soup, picnic, ||pipe, pushover, snap
Antonyms: sinecure
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usually
loads plural
Synonyms: SCAD , gob(s), heap, oodles, quantities, ream(s), ||rimption(s), slather(s), slew, wad(s)