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bellyload

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The amount that will fit in one's belly.
  2. The amount or number that will fit inside an aircraft.
  3. A large amount or number (of something).

Examples

““I done cooked most of this yer grub,” whined he of the razor, “an’ I’se gwine t’eat my belly-load.””
“I was sick; I vomited a bellyload into the gutter.”
The plane was in labor carrying a belly-load of bombs.”
“[…] there on the plane, a belly-load of decent people soaring above serene tooth-drawn Windsor Castle, home of the emblem of so much savagery […]”
You were lifted out of your lives, disgorged in bellyloads by planes that lumbered in looking too heavy to fly.”
She caused a bellyload of trouble […]”
“[…] you don’t make a bellyload of excuses for why you haven’t written more, better, faster, or funnier.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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