| Noun | 1. | large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitudebusload - the quantity of cargo or the number of passengers that a bus can carry barrels - the amount that many barrels might hold good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, quite a little, slew, spate, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew, stack, raft, pile, plenty, mass, batch, heap, deal, flock, pot, mess, sight - (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty" boatload, shipload, carload - the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car; "he imported wine by the boatload" mile - a large distance; "he missed by a mile" much - a great amount or extent; "they did much for humanity" myriad - a large indefinite number; "he faced a myriad of details" ocean, sea - anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume ream - a large quantity of written matter; "he wrote reams and reams" small fortune - a large sum of money; "he made a small fortune in the commodities market" dozens, gobs, heaps, lashings, loads, lots, rafts, scads, scores, slews, stacks, tons, wads, oodles, piles, mountain - a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed a mountain of newspapers" | |