Link Centre Dictionary

loading

loa·ding

UK/ˈləʊ.dɪŋ/ US/ˈloʊ.dɪŋ/ fairly common
noun (5) adjective (1)

noun

1.

weight to be borne or conveyed

Synonyms
2.

a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time

  • “the system broke down under excessive loads”
Synonyms
3.

the ratio of the gross weight of an airplane to some factor determining its lift

4.
5.

the labor of loading something

  • “the loading took 2 hours”
Antonyms

adjective

1.

designed for use in loading e.g. cargo

  • “a loading dock”
  • “a loading chute is used to drive cattle into a truck or other conveyance”
Antonyms

Origin

By surface analysis, load + -ing.

Phrases

  • administrative loading
  • axle loading
  • carbohydrate loading
  • combat loading
  • fluid loading
  • loading bank
  • loading bay
  • loading coil

Related words

Word family

Broader terms

Narrower terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.