cruise ship

noun

variants or less commonly cruise liner

: a large ship that stops at different ports and carries passengers who are traveling for pleasure

Examples of cruise ship in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On a cruise ship, the tote carries sunscreen, a change of clothes for port days, market finds, a book, and whatever else the day accumulates. —Amanda Eyre Ward, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2026

The cruise ship returned to the Port of Miami the next day, as planned, Carnival said in a statement at the time. —Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 13 Apr. 2026

Dining on one popular cruise ship is getting a comfort-food shakeup — and passengers are divided over the change. —Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2026

But on my trip, nobody was more talked about than the ship's inaugural captain, Kate McCue, who previously made waves as the first woman to helm a mega-cruise ship and is a major champion of women at sea. —Divia Thani, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for cruise ship

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