BACKLOAD

Etymology

Noun

backload (plural backloads)

A load carried on the return journey of a delivery vehicle.

Verb

backload (third-person singular simple present backloads, present participle backloading, simple past and past participle backloaded)

To load toward the back, or towards the end of a period.

(transport) To load (cargo, shipment, etc.) after unloading has been completed.

(transitive, military) To transport further toward the rear of the theater of war.

To fill a syringe with solution from the plunger end of the barrel.

Antonyms

• frontload

Source: Wiktionary



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