containership

noun

Definition of containershipnext
as in tanker

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Recent Examples of containership In 2025, China completed 14 voyages, including a Cosco containership, the first containership to make a journey through the waterway. — Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026 The world's largest containership, built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group, in Rotterdam harbor, Netherlands, on August 12, 2022. — Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for containership
  1. tanker
  2. freighter
  3. barge
  4. steamship
  5. warship
  6. steamer
  7. trader
  8. liner
Noun
  • Oil prices rose above $90 a barrel for the first time in more than a month, as the conflict between the United States and Iran escalated further, resulting in the deaths of three US service members and a strike on a tanker.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • In comparison, about 300,000 barrels could be loaded onto a vessel that shuttles cargoes out to a bigger tanker offshore holding around 700,000 barrels.
    — Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 18 July 2026
Definition of tanker
Noun
  • 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 crane moved Holzinger closer to a boat that was stationed next to the barge.
    — Lauren Oyler, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • The rescue barge is regarded as one of China’s most advanced modular heavy-duty water rescue systems.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026
Definition of barge
Noun
  • Those who chose to rest on the banks of the Potomac River could be seen by steamship passengers playing bridge and dancing in the river breeze.
    — Hana Kiros, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026
  • With the advent of the steamship, the cost of passage plummeted, and companies offered special immigrant fares that were often coupled with rail tickets to the interior of the country.
    — Albert Sun, New York Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of steamship
Noun
  • The warship and escorts are now at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, where the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit is being offloaded.
    — Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • In a reminder of the growing international tensions Britain faces, a Russian warship carried out a live-fire weapons exercise in the English Channel on Monday, the day Burnham took office.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
Definition of warship
Noun
  • Using a hand steamer on your luggage can also help kill bedbugs and their eggs.
    — Kate Linderman, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
  • Use a clothes steamer to effectively eliminate them, especially the larvae.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2026
Definition of steamer
Noun
  • Japanese traders are adding the Kospi Index to their watch lists.
    — Winnie Hsu, Fortune, 19 July 2026
  • Fed funds futures traders are pricing in an almost 59% likelihood that the central bank increases interest rates in September, according to CME’s FedWatch tool.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 18 July 2026
Definition of trader
Noun
  • In addition to a lip liner, stick, and gloss, this plumping product was the final kicker.
    — Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
  • And considering Spider-Man's signature suit, the crimson liner felt less like an unexpected beauty choice and more like an extremely intentional reference.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 20 July 2026
Definition of liner

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