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Topic: WATER

Language: Old English
Origin: scip

ship

1 noun
     
ship1 S2 W2 [countable]
1TTW a large boat used for carrying people or goods across the sea:
the ship's captain
a luxury cruise ship
by ship
supplies that came by ship
2TTS a large spacecraft

➔ jump ship

at jump1 (16)

; ➔ run a tight ship

at tight1 (5)WORD FOCUS: ship WORD FOCUS: ship
a ship that carries people: passenger ship, cruise ship, liner, ferry, ro-ro
a ship that carries goods: cargo ship, merchant ship, freighter, oil tanker, super tanker, barge
a small ship: boat, motorboat, powerboat
a ship with sails: yacht, dinghy, sailing ship, sailing boat British English/sailboat American English, catamaran
a fighting ship: warship, aircraft carrier, battleship, cruiser, frigate, destroyer, minesweeper, gunboat, man-of-war old-fashioned
a ship that people live on: houseboat, narrow boat British English
a ship that goes under water: submarine
people on a ship: sailor, captain, passenger, seaman, the crew
parts of a ship: deck, cabin, porthole, engine room, mast, rudder, hullship ➔ vessel, steamer, steamship, raft, navy, dock, port
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