supply ship
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- noun
- /səˈplaɪ ʃɪp/
:
buque de suministro
- Japan is sending warships to the region, while China has already deployed two destroyers and a supply ship.
There were battleships that were destroyers, there were supply ships, there were aircraft, there was everything required, all of the equipment to map Antarctica.
- There were battleships that were destroyers, there were supply ships, there were aircraft, there was everything required, all of the equipment to map Antarctica.
Examples
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What about a supply ship when his stores ran out?
Fiction book (2000) -
Some American supply ships were reaching France with less than half their cargo space being used, Lloyd George told House.
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Every few months, the supply ship comes, bringing us things that we need.
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A supply ship comes every six months.
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No one, not even the supply ship's captain... has ever seen how amazing our little island really is.
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"We'll go home on the next supply ship," Root said.
Fiction book (1992) -
Now, there is a German supply ship operating in this area... and we should rendezvous within the hour.
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The supply ship was broad-beamed, with a splash flange that ran the length of the ship.
Fiction book (1990) -
The supply ship Etoile, 400 tons, 104 feet long and 28 feet wide, carried 120 men and four officers.
Fiction book (1991) -
The supply ship arrived early in the morning, delivering fresh food and medical supplies to the crew.
Synonyms
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A small boat that takes people or supplies to shore from a larger ship
A ship that carries food and fuel to give to other ships
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a ship that delivers supplies' is directly derivable from combining 'supplies' and 'ship' via a standard noun–noun compounding pattern; a learner who knows both words will infer it denotes a vessel used to carry or deliver supplies (including in space contexts). This compositional, cross-linguistically common pattern makes the expression immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Supply ship comes from a simple image: a ship loaded with supplies like food, fuel, or medicine that sails to other ships or remote bases and hands over crates by rope or small boats. That's why it means 'a ship designed to transport and deliver supplies'.