AIRCRAFT CARRIER Synonyms: 51 Similar Words

aircraft carrier

noun

Definition of aircraft carrier

as in merchant ship

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Recent Examples of aircraft carrier The Russian drone launch took place while the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and its escort ships were nearby during a visit to Sweden. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 6 July 2026 Britain, for example, has put a second aircraft carrier and F35 fighter jets on a higher level of readiness for use in emergencies. — ABC News, 3 July 2026 Three of the helicopter's crew were found and are in stable condition aboard the aircraft carrier. — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 1 July 2026 Saturday afternoon included a famed West Hollywood dive bar before the group on Sunday headed to Naval Base Coronado to mingle with service members on an aircraft carrier deck and see a NASCAR race. — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 22 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for aircraft carrier

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In October 1784 the Moroccans captured an American merchant ship, the Betsey, and announced that the ship and its crew would be held pending the conclusion of a treaty.

— Scott Spires Britannica Editors June 23, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 June 2026
The military said that 55 merchant ships transited Saturday with more than 17 million barrels of oil.

— Kareem Chehayeb, Fortune, 20 June 2026

Definition of merchant ship

Noun

The tanker has been grounded off the Dhofar coast since June, according to two shipping and maritime news outlets, who reported that the crew reported an explosion on board at the time.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026
On February 28, conflict erupted in the Persian Gulf and tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz collapsed by more than 90 percent within days, according to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization.

— Ingmar Rentzhog, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of tanker

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In the clip taken by a snoopy bystander and shared by sports media personality Dov Kleiman, the NFL great is seen lounging on the deck of his sleek watercraft, near his mansion in Indian Creek Village.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 3 Aug. 2026
Nearby, a dedicated garage starboard can hold a 16-foot tender, a personal watercraft, and other equipment.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 23 July 2026

Definition of watercraft

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The Boeing 737 entered service in 1999 as a passenger aircraft before it was converted into a freighter in 2011.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 9 July 2026
The 737-400 was first delivered as a passenger plane to Russia’s Aeroflot in 1999 and was converted to a freighter in 2012, according to Flightradar24.

— Reuters, CNN Money, 8 July 2026

Definition of freighter

Noun

The ferry also stops on Ellis Island, part of the national park, and is famous for processing more than 12 million immigrant steamship passengers through its federal immigration station from 1892 to 1954.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Aug. 2026
The seasoning’s name is a nod to the region’s maritime history and is named for the Old Bay Line, a passenger steamship that traveled the Chesapeake Bay between Baltimore and Norfolk, Virginia, in the early 1900s.

— Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 31 July 2026

Definition of steamship

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The volatility in chip stocks was met with a historic level of activity from retail traders, according to Bloomberg Intelligence.

— Ryan Vlastelica, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026
The reversals are especially profitable, allowing traders to win both ways -- jumping ahead of stocks moving up or down to a post threatening something, then cashing out within thousands of a second, then betting the other way.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2026

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In other parts of the route, the road drops close enough to the river so that drivers can watch barge traffic on the Mississippi.

— Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2026
Once the plant reaches the end of its operational lifespan, tugboats will tow the entire barge to a specialized shipyard for decommissioning.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026

Definition of barge

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