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shipping

9 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. shipping (noun)
  2. ship (verb)
  3. shipping articles (noun plural)
  4. shipping clerk (noun)
  5. shipping commissioner (noun)
  6. shipping mark (noun)
  7. shipping order (noun)
  8. shipper's papers (noun plural)
  9. drop-ship (verb)

shipping

noun

Definition of SHIPPING

1
a : passage on a ship b : ships c : the body of ships in one place or belonging to one port or country
2
: the act or business of one that ships
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Examples of SHIPPING

  1. The fruit was ready for shipping.
  2. They protected our shipping from submarines during wartime.

First Known Use of SHIPPING

14th century

Rhymes with SHIPPING

clipping, dripping, lipping, nipping, ripping, whipping

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