vessel
698
3.3
- noun
- /ˈvɛsəl/
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embarcación
- The large cargo vessel docked at the port to unload its shipment of goods.
- fishing vessels
- commercial vessels
- cargo vessels
So we used the chase vessel to tell us in.
- So we used the chase vessel to tell us in.
- She boards my vessel and she's like, Oh my God, Dave Portnoy.
- It's a weird looking vessel and it's just, it's really, really big.
- No, the passenger has taken control of the vessel.
- They they burned down a few pirate townships, sunk a few pirate vessels and they came home.
- So technology such as this, it can go to places that we wouldn't send a vessel with humans on board for obvious reasons.
- It's about coming up to midnight and he's just finishing his, his shift and he sees a small vessel approaching very fast.
- For me, I was attached to ships, so I was out at sea for six months straight on a Navy vessel.
- So we really, they watched the vessel, the the vessel sailed the route that I said it was going to sail.
Examples
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It's about coming up to midnight and he's just finishing his, his shift and he sees a small vessel approaching very fast.
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Our rescue vessel from Remulak is coming tonight.
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This is the vessel that carried my father.
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It's a weird looking vessel and it's just, it's really, really big.
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We build a vessel to survive the storm.
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The German crew assigned to test the vessel completed its tests by the middle of September.
Academic text (1999) -
"We have no information of any Chinese vessels carrying nuclear weapons in the South China Sea.
Fiction book (1991) -
The licensing of these fishing vessels would become a source of income for their government.
Academic text (2017) -
This illegal fishing by foreign vessels started to outsize the catch of locals whose water this was.
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You're on a seafaring vessel named the Ombak Penari.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A large boat that carries people or goods across the sea
∞
1.0
A small vehicle used on water to carry people, like a rowboat or motorboat
141
4.6
A vehicle that travels on water, in air, or in space
137
1.3
A boat or ship that carries people, cars, and goods across water on a regular schedule
130
5.3
A large expensive boat for pleasure and sometimes for racing, often with sails and sometimes a motor
83
4.0
A large ship that carries goods between ports for sale
72
1.5
A strong boat kept on a ship or on the shore to save people in danger at sea
48
1.1
A small boat that moves by wind using sails
26
3.0
A large ship that carries goods between ports
19
2.6
A small strong boat that pushes or pulls large ships in harbours and rivers
18
2.5
A boat that travels on a river, often used for tours or fun
11
9.3
A sailing ship with two or more masts and a shorter front mast
7
3.4
A ship that carries goods to sell
7
2.9
A large ship moved by sails, usually with more than one mast
6
3.2
A boat or ship used to catch fish, often with tanks to keep the fish alive
5
7.0
A large boat carried on a ship to move people or goods between ship and shore
4
3.4
A ship that carries goods, often in containers
4
3.9
A boat or ship that carries people and things on water
3
5.1
A ship that carries goods or passengers for business and is not part of a navy
3
2.6
A boat that carries people and cars across water on a regular route
2
3.7
A boat with sails that uses wind to move
2
4.9
A military ship that moves and fights on the water's surface, not underwater
1
1.4
A small boat that uses sails to move and usually has one mast
1
3.9
A large ship that carries many shipping containers across the sea
1
3.1
A small ship that travels safely on the open sea
1
7.5
A boat that carries mail and sometimes people and goods on a regular route
1
2.8
A boat that carries mail to islands and remote places
1
3.2
A large river boat with big wheels that push water to move
1
2.9
A boat that carries people or goods along a river
A boat used for catching or carrying fish
A ship a government uses for fighting at sea
A boat that carries mail and small supplies to islands and remote places
A small boat that takes a person who guides large ships into and out of port
A ship at sea that collects and sends weather information
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
6
3.2
A boat or ship used to catch fish, often with tanks to keep the fish alive
3
5.1
A ship that carries goods or passengers for business and is not part of a navy
- Specialized
1
3.9
A large ship that carries many shipping containers across the sea
- Slur
1
9.9
A person, often a woman, thought to be less strong in body or character, an old unfair idea
- Specialized
A very small blood vessel that lets oxygen and nutrients pass to body cells
- Specialized
A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart to the body
- Specialized
The part of a plant that holds the small parts that grow into new plants after flowering
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word vessel first meant a 'container' from Latin vas and later came to mean a ship because a ship is a large container that carries people or goods. That's why we call a boat or large ship a vessel.