transport ship
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- noun
- /ˈtrænspɔrt ʃɪp/
- Specialized
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buque de transporte
- The transport ship was loaded with military supplies and ready for deployment.
- troop transport ship
- transport ship carrying
- a large transport ship
Examples
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July 1944: Columns of troop-packed LCIs trail in the wake of a Coast Guard-manned transport ship en route for the invasion of Cape Sansapor, New Guinea.
Blog text (11) -
He had joined his regiment the day they boarded the transport ship in Marseilles.
Fiction book (1992) -
This is a transport ship.
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First Earth has launched attacks on transport ships in several major cities.
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You will allow your people to board our transport ships.
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The Philadelphia transport ship is under attack.
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President Raney's transport ship is on the way.
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I've located the transport ships.
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The US Navy doesn't have enough specialized transport ships to mount a seaborne invasion on the scale needed.
Blog text (29) -
He served on supply and transport ships in the Pacific at Saipan, Tinian, and others.
Blog text (11)
Synonyms
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A large boat that carries people or goods across the sea
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A large boat or ship used for travel on water
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A small boat that carries soldiers and equipment from ships to shore
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A vehicle like a truck or plane that carries soldiers
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A vehicle like a truck, ship, or helicopter that carries soldiers
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A large slow cargo ship built in the United States during World War Two to carry supplies and troops
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A ship that carries soldiers, often during war
A large ship that carries tanks and other vehicles onto a beach
How Medical
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a ship used for carrying soldiers or military equipment' is directly and compositionally built from 'transport' (movement/transportation) modifying 'ship' (a vessel), so it denotes a vessel for transporting people or goods. This attributive noun-noun construction is a common, predictable pattern cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The noun transport ship comes from a simple picture: a transport 'carries' and a ship carries things across the sea. In war, these ships moved soldiers and heavy equipment, so today the term means a ship used to carry soldiers or military equipment.