containership

noun

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as in tanker

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  1. tanker
  2. freighter
  3. barge
  4. warship
  5. steamship
  6. steamer
  7. trader
  8. merchantman
Noun
  • Five tanker trucks were initially requested to the scene through an area tanker task force before five additional tankers were requested.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Oxygen tankers are being delivered regularly to supply the mine shaft, and crews have made progress entering the underground area.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of tanker
Noun
  • Skip the redundant backstory and give us more freighter action with Captain Galt, Keamy, and Minkowski.
    Michael Alan Connelly, Vulture, 1 July 2024
  • In 2024 through September, Boeing delivered thirty eight MAX aircraft to China, and in July two 777 freighters to Air China.
    Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of freighter
Noun
  • Supplies for the season are brought in via a massive barge from Vancouver while fresh produce is brought in weekly.
    Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Deep water surrounded much of the area, so someone had placed sheets of wood on top of a chain link fence and balanced both on blocks of plastic foam, creating a makeshift barge that could pull piles of debris from shore to shore. Skid loaders crisscrossed the nearby sand.
    Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
Definition of barge
Noun
  • Also on Thursday, a Chinese warship with the bow number 552 was spotted about 50 nautical miles (58 miles) off the coast of Zambales province in Luzon, the Philippines' most populous island.
    Micah McCartney, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
  • South Korea Defense Ministry/AP In November, Mr. Nakatani became the first Japanese defense minister to board a South Korean warship, when the ship made a port call in Yokosuka, Japan.
    Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of warship
Noun
  • In those days, as international trade was transformed by refrigerated steamships, Argentina was a major exporter of grain and meat, by some measures as wealthy as the United States.
    Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
  • And, within about 48 hours, local vigilantes rounded up Chinese residents — hundreds of people — forced them onto steamships bound for San Francisco and told them to never return again.
    Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of steamship
Noun
  • From a spacious water tank to an 8-foot-long cord, this steamer strikes a balance between convenience and performance.
    Jackie Cucco, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Bring 1 inch of water to boil in a large saucepan fitted with a steamer basket.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of steamer
Noun
  • Men of the Brotherhood of the Blackheads, an association of unmarried merchants and foreign traders, are said to have decorated the tree with artificial roses.
    Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
  • MicroStrategy has ridden the bitcoin price boom to an all-time high valuation, far outpacing bitcoin itself as traders use the company's stock as a bitcoin proxy and was this month inducted into the prestigious Nasdaq 100 index—expected to fuel further MicroStrategy stock gains.
    Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of trader
Noun
  • These preyed upon American merchantmen who either payed tribute or showed forged British passes.
    Thomas Wendel, National Review, 4 July 2019
  • The Navy already has ships in the fleet that are former merchantmen.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Jan. 2019
Definition of merchantman
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