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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The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.

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