motor ship

noun

Definition of motor shipnext
as in merchant ship

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  1. merchant ship
  2. aircraft carrier
  3. barge
  4. cutter
  5. steamship
  6. transport
  7. tanker
  8. watercraft
Noun
  • The movie takes place on a merchant ship bound for London and becomes a survival horror story as the crew starts getting laid to waste by a most surprising passenger hidden within the boxes below deck.
    Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
  • And in November 2023, the Houthis, a Yemeni rebel group, launched an ongoing campaign of attacks on more than 100 merchant ships in the Red Sea, disrupting global trade and resulting in delays and cost increases for container shipping from Asia to Europe and North America.
    Mona Yacoubian, Foreign Affairs, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of merchant ship
Noun
  • The Joint Staff Office under the Defense Ministry of Japan reported the movement of Chan's second operational aircraft carrier, CNS Shandong, and two warship escorts in waters east of the northern Philippines.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The shifts are likely to result in an overall decrease in the total number of U.S. troops in the Middle East, largely because an aircraft carrier contains as many as 5,000 sailors.
    DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS, arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of aircraft carrier
Noun
  • The Federal Aviation Administration also temporarily grounded the Falcon 9 fleet after one of its reusable boosters fell over and burned while landing on an offshore barge in the Atlantic Ocean.
    Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024
  • On Thursday, a large barge could be seen working out near the pier, where the contractor Manson Construction is setting up to restart the sand replenishment project as early as next week.
    Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of barge
Noun
  • Billionaire Michael Krasny lists home in the Park Tower for $3.4M American Airlines tests boarding technology that audibly shames line cutters Blackhawks, Bulls and White Sox have a new TV home.
    Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 26 Oct. 2024
  • Even Bobby Portis is keeping his eyes up, passing up his usual mid-range looks in favor of hitting cutters like Taurean Prince on backdoor slashes.
    Brian Sampson, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of cutter
Noun
  • Michigan Shipwreck Research Association That discovery was announced just weeks after the 1886 wreck of the steamship Milwaukee was found more than 350 feet below the surface in Lake Michigan.
    CBS News, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The expedition team's next target using the Hydrus technology is the wreck of the luxury passenger steamship SS Koombana, which disappeared somewhere off Port Hedland en route to Broome during a tropical cyclone in 1912, with 150 on board presumed to have perished.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 Apr. 2024
Definition of steamship
Noun
  • He was based at Otis Air National Guard Base on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, where he was assigned to the 102nd Intelligence Wing as a cyber transport systems journeyman.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Governments should support and incentivize organisations to implement Sustainable Development Goals into their operations, and policies around public transport and waste management can also help businesses lower their environmental footprint.
    Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of transport
Noun
  • Of course not, but the captain has told the wheelhouse to turn the supper tanker.
    Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The tanker, however, will remain empty of any nuclear materials during its three-week test run.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of tanker
Noun
  • The family also said the Boy Scouts of America has rules preventing Boy Scout Council Districts from operating personal watercraft such as jet skis.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Nineteen people have been charged in San Diego federal court on suspicion of operating what prosecutors called a lucrative human smuggling ring that brought undocumented immigrants from Mexico to San Diego County’s coastline via personal watercraft and boats.
    Caleb Lunetta, The Mercury News, 25 July 2024
Definition of watercraft
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