containership

noun

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as in tanker

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  1. tanker
  2. freighter
  3. barge
  4. warship
  5. steamship
  6. steamer
  7. trader
  8. merchantman
Noun
  • Nic Lynn, Neptune Aviation’s vice president of operations, said three of the company's air tankers are in use in Southern California.
    Terry Dickerson, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The shadow fleet is made up of hundreds of aging tankers of uncertain ownership and safety practices that are dodging sanctions and keeping the oil revenue flowing to Moscow, and is a cause of concern for European countries.
    Lorne Cook and Vanessa Gera, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of tanker
Noun
  • Miraculously, only one member of the Hooligan Navy was killed while serving, during a collision with a Dutch freighter.
    David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Authorities said at the time that their initial findings showed a Chinese fishing vessel and a Chinese freighter caused the disruption, but that there was no evidence Beijing deliberately tampered with the cables.
    Reuters, NBC News, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of freighter
Noun
  • Blue Origin will attempt to land New Glenn’s first stage booster on a barge in the ocean 10 minutes after liftoff while its second stage heads into orbit.
    William Gavin, Quartz, 13 Jan. 2025
  • This month, construction crews on barges, drills, cranes, tugs and service vessels will begin drilling to collect soil samples and map subsurface waterways.
    Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of barge
Noun
  • The Pentagon expected the warship to be operational in the first half of 2025. What To Know Photos taken by Chinese ship spotters showed the Fujian returned to Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai, where it was constructed in 2017 and launched, from its sixth sea trial.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The shortfall is so severe that warship production is down to its lowest level in a quarter century.
    Nicole Foy, ProPublica, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of warship
Noun
  • The pistons, belts, and pulleys create the ambience of an engine room on a steamship, as clumps of fiber are separated and realigned into uniform fabric.
    Shane C Kurup, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Hartley offers a fascinating account of the logistics of navigating the Volga before the introduction of steamships, including the herculean work of barge haulers, who had to drag boats upstream.
    Maria Lipman, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022
Definition of steamship
Noun
  • Plus, head to Walmart to shop more vacuums, steamers, and other floorcare.
    Kelsey Fredricks, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Nori Press Travel Steam Iron The solution to wrinkle-free clothes on vacation is finally here thanks to this handheld steamer that weighs less than one and a half pounds.
    Gabriella Maestri, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of steamer
Noun
  • Since September, traders have dialed back their expectations for rate cuts from the Federal Reserve, and Donald Trump won the presidential election with a platform that calls for higher tariffs across the board.
    Jesse Pound, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Friday’s jobs report means traders see it as a near certainty that the Fed will not cut interest rates at its next meeting later this month.
    Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of trader
Noun
  • These preyed upon American merchantmen who either payed tribute or showed forged British passes.
    Thomas Wendel, National Review, 4 July 2019
  • The Navy already has ships in the fleet that are former merchantmen.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Jan. 2019
Definition of merchantman
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