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 Buses carrying crew members of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier streamed into Thailand’s seaside resort city of Pattaya on Thursday, as part of a port call after a lengthy deployment to the Middle East. — Jintamas Saksornchai, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026 In somewhat similar waters, SND will be selling R91, its drama series about a murder on a nuclear aircraft carrier. — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2026 This image also appears to show China’s first-ever aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, moored nearby. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026 Those attacks have also led to problems with resupplying Navy vessels, including the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which has drawn national attention for its extended deployment supporting operations in the Middle East. — Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Aug. 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 Coast Guard reported on Friday morning that three cutters remain actively searching, and air and ocean surface searches were conducted overnight.

— Kathy Laskowski, Sun Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026
Royals starter Michael Wacha left a cutter in the middle of the strike zone.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of cutter

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On Saturday, a man in Tampa died after being struck by lightning while riding a personal watercraft.

— Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026
Boaters of all backgrounds will wade into the world of watercraft this weekend as the Orlando Boat Show floats into Central Florida.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of watercraft

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Emirates SkyCargo in July flew the first commercial Boeing 777-300 passenger-to-freighter conversion, carrying more than 100 tons from Hong Kong to Dubai, with Israel Aerospace Industries contracted for at least three more conversions.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026
The ship is similar in size and capacity to the Sanchi, an Iranian ship that collided with a freighter off China in 2018 in the world’s worst oil tanker disaster in decades.

— Reuters, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of freighter

Noun

Most reached the region by steamship to Skagway or nearby Dyea, Alaska, before attempting to cross the Coast Mountains via the White Pass or Chilkoot trails.

— Bailey Berg, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of steamship

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Their estimation of what else the trader might have on in connection to the trade, however, was varied.

— Oliver Renick, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
The Americanized chocolate coffee drink, also called a mocha, is so-named because early European traders tasted Mocha’s beans and noted its chocolatey flavors, according to Smithsonian Magazine.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of trader

Noun

Jackson’s availability was curbed by red cards at Chelsea — in Bruges, a barge and shirt pull with defender Han-Beom Lee suggested those flickers of fury and confrontation still burn.

— Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Within just nine months of launch, Bluecore Energy has rapidly accelerated its path toward floating nuclear power by securing a port terminal, receiving its first barge, and starting construction on a test reactor.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of barge

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