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PAYLOAD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Goods carried by a large vehicle
Synonyms:
cargo; consignment; freight; lading; load; loading; payload; shipment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("payload" is a kind of...):
merchandise; product; ware (commodities offered for sale)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents
Synonyms:
load; payload; warhead
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("payload" is a kind of...):
explosive (a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "payload"):
atomic warhead; nuclear warhead; nuke; thermonuclear warhead (the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb)
Holonyms ("payload" is a part of...):
guided missile (a rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices)
