loading

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of LOADING

a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported <the accident was caused by an 18-wheeler with a loading in excess of the legal limit>

Synonyms burden, cargo, draft, freight, haul, lading, loading, payload, weight

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