'payload' definitions:
Definition of 'payload'
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Definition of 'payload'
From: GCIDE
- payload \pay"load`\ (p[=a]"l[=o]d`) n. The part of a missile or torpedo that carries the explosive charge.
- Syn: warhead, load. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. The goods carried by a large vehicle.
- Syn: cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, shipment, consignment. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'payload'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- atomic warhead,
- baggage,
- bird,
- blast,
- burden,
- cargo,
- carload,
- cartload,
- charge,
- consignment,
- freight,
- freightage,
- full load,
- goods,
- guided missile,
- haul,
- impedimenta,
- lading,
- load,
- luggage,
- missile,
- nuclear warhead,
- pack,
- rocket,
- shipload,
- shipment,
- thermonuclear warhead,
- torpedo,
- trailerload,
- trainload,
- truckload,
- vanload,
- war rocket,
- warhead