container ship
noun
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
The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed after it was hit by an enormous container ship called the Dali.
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Owen Bellwood / Jalopnik, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024
Step 2: Float the 95,000-ton container ship Diagram, removing bridge sections from Dali deck.
—Leslie Shapiro, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
Pieces of the bridge still blocked off the Patapsco River, and partially submerged girders still flanked the huge container ship that smashed into the bridge on Tuesday.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 31 Mar. 2024
The Coast Guard is focused on removing what’s left of the bridge and the container ship that struck it in order to clear the port’s shipping lanes, Rear Adm. Shannon Gilreath said.
—Lea Skene, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2024
Only six more cars went through that lane before the 984-foot container ship struck one of the bridge’s pillars at 1:29 a.m.
—Omar Jimenez, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024
Demolition crews cutting into first pieces of Baltimore bridge
Crews will continue dismantling the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Monday as an enormous container ship remains trapped underneath the rubble.
—USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
Even as officials move swiftly to clear away Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed after being hit by a container ship, the United States is in the midst of an unprecedented push to upgrade its transportation networks.
—Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Mar. 2024
Federal officials are still in the early stages of their investigation into what caused a container ship to crash into the bridge.
—Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 28 Mar. 2024
Owen Bellwood / Jalopnik, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024
Step 2: Float the 95,000-ton container ship Diagram, removing bridge sections from Dali deck.
—Leslie Shapiro, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
Pieces of the bridge still blocked off the Patapsco River, and partially submerged girders still flanked the huge container ship that smashed into the bridge on Tuesday.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 31 Mar. 2024
The Coast Guard is focused on removing what’s left of the bridge and the container ship that struck it in order to clear the port’s shipping lanes, Rear Adm. Shannon Gilreath said.
—Lea Skene, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2024
Only six more cars went through that lane before the 984-foot container ship struck one of the bridge’s pillars at 1:29 a.m.
—Omar Jimenez, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024
Demolition crews cutting into first pieces of Baltimore bridge
Crews will continue dismantling the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Monday as an enormous container ship remains trapped underneath the rubble.
—USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
Even as officials move swiftly to clear away Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed after being hit by a container ship, the United States is in the midst of an unprecedented push to upgrade its transportation networks.
—Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Mar. 2024
Federal officials are still in the early stages of their investigation into what caused a container ship to crash into the bridge.
—Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 28 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1966, in the meaning defined above
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containership
noun
con·tain·er·ship
kən-ˈtā-nər-ˌship 
: a ship designed or equipped to carry very large containers of cargo
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