container ship
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3.5
- noun
- /kənˈteɪnər ʃɪp/
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- A container ship that sails partly empty is a container ship that's not meeting its full earning potential.
- a large container ship
And yeah, he's got a fleet of, of tankers and and container ships that he operates around the world.
- And yeah, he's got a fleet of, of tankers and and container ships that he operates around the world.
- Iran just took a container ship and hijacked it right on the high seas, took it into just stole it.
Examples
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The container ship docked at the harbor, releasing a steady stream of cargo onto the bustling waterfront.
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High-value cargo is shipped in containers, and container ships are loaded and unloaded in container facilities designed to efficiently transfer these boxes to other modes of transportation.
Academic text (2005) -
And that is a container ship.
Fiction book (2000) -
You were out on a container ship that washed up off of Long Island.
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The container ships and crews themselves are not a threat.
Academic text (2005) -
A huge container ship sits silently at dock.
Fiction book (1999) -
When all the work is done, the New York/New Jersey harbor will once again be deep enough to support fully loaded container ships, maintaining the port's viability.
Academic text (2003) -
Technology, in the form of container ships and bar-coding, enables Walmart to track goods from a factory in Guangdong Province in China to a store in Lexington, Kentucky.
Academic text (2018) -
The large container ship was loaded with thousands of shipping containers ready for transport across the ocean.
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Dozens of container ships arrive at the port every day, bringing goods from around the world.
Synonyms
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4.0
A large ship that carries goods between ports for sale
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3.0
A large ship that carries goods between ports
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3.4
A ship that carries goods to sell
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3.4
A ship that carries goods, often in containers
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4.4
A large ship that carries many shipping containers
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3.9
A large ship that carries many shipping containers across the sea
A large ship that carries goods on regular routes at set times
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Morphology
The meaning 'a large cargo vessel designed to carry standardized shipping containers' is directly and transparently derived from 'container' (standardized box for transporting cargo) + 'ship' (vessel for cargo), forming an obvious compound denoting a ship that carries containers. This is a straightforward, compositional noun-noun compound found cross-linguistically and would be immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
The noun container ship paints a simple picture: a ship stacked with many box-like containers, like blocks on the deck. That's why it means 'a large cargo ship that carries standard metal boxes for shipping goods'.