workload
work load | work that a person is expected to do in a specified time |
| case load | the number of cases handled in a given period of time (as by a court or agency) |
| load-shedding | cutting off the electric current on certain lines when the demand becomes greater than the supply |
cargo
lading
freight
load loading
payload
shipment
consignment | goods carried by a large vehicle |
| dead load | a constant load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) due to the weight of the supported structure itself |
| fireplace hearth open fireplace | an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built, the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it, he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it, the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires |
hearth
fireside | home symbolized as a part of the fireplace, driven from hearth and home, fighting in defense of their firesides |
live load
superload | a variable load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) such as moving traffic |
load
loading burden | weight to be borne or conveyed |
| load | electrical device to which electrical power is delivered |
| open-hearth furnace | a furnace for making steel in which the steel is placed on a shallow hearth and flames of burning gas and hot air play over it |
warhead
payload load | the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents |
burden load
encumbrance
incumbrance
onus | an onerous or difficult concern, the burden of responsibility, that's a load off my mind |
| metallurgy | the science and technology of metals |
| powder metallurgy | the metallurgy of powdered metals, how to produce solid metal objects from powdered metal by compaction and sintering |
hearth
fireside | an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room), they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire |
load line
Plimsoll line
Plimsoll mark
Plimsoll | waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded |
lode
load | a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks |
| load | the power output of a generator or power plant |
hearth money
Peter's pence | an annual contribution made by Roman Catholics to support the papal see |
| open-hearth process | a process for making steel using an open-hearth furnace |
| load | an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate, he got a load on and started a brawl |
load
loading | a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time, the system broke down under excessive loads |
| load factor | (aeronautics) the ratio of an external load to the weight of the aircraft (measured in g) |
load adulterate
stretch f dilute debase | corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance, often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones, adulterate liquor |
| pack load down | load with a pack |
| load lade laden load up | fill or place a load on, load a car, load the truck with hay |
| load charge | provide (a device) with something necessary, He loaded his gun carefully, load the camera |
| load | put (something) on a structure or conveyance, load the bags onto the trucks |
take a look
have a look
get a load | look at with attention, Have a look at this!, Get a load of this pretty woman! |
| load c | transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory |
load-bearing(a)
supporting(a) | capable of bearing a structural load, a supporting wall |
| open-hearth | of or relating to or produced by the open-hearth process, open-hearth steel |