container ship

noun

kən-ˈtā-nər-ˌship 

variants or less commonly containership

: a ship specially designed or equipped for carrying containerized cargo

Examples of container ship in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Meanwhile, a container ship sank in the Strait of Hormuz yesterday as Iran ramps up attacks on commercial vessels in an effort to block crude exports in the passageway. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026

According to Vanguard, the GFS Pride, a container ship, sank, while the fate of the Alfonso, a tanker, remains unknown. — Mark Osborne, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

Industry reporting has described the vessel as a roughly 9,000-TEU container ship measuring about 270 metres in length. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026

The Coast Guard did not say where the fuel aboard the container ship Grace was loaded or disclose the amount or type of fuel aboard, nor the ship’s owner or flag. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for container ship

• apostleship
• apprenticeship
• assistantship
• championship
• chancellorship
• citizenship
• companionship
• copartnership
• dictatorship
• directorship
• discipleship
• editorship

Kids Definition

containership

noun

con·​tain·​er·​ship kən-ˈtā-nər-ˌship 

: a ship designed or equipped to carry very large containers of cargo