laden
adjective
uk/ˈleɪdən/ us TRANSPORT
carrying something:
laden with sth a truck laden with timber
When fully laden with pallets, the vehicles will be at exactly the right height for the unloading docks.
having a lot of something, especially something unpleasant such as debt:
The banks are laden with bad loans.
The Nasdaq index is heavily laden with technology stocks.
-laden
used in adjectives to show that something has or is carrying a lot of something:
debt-laden banks
They were accused of driving waste-laden trucks with no cover over them.
laden in bulk
TRANSPORT
a ship that is laden in bulk is carrying goods loose, not in containers (= very large metal boxes)