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motor ship

noun

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as in merchant ship

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The lock’s combination was lost on December 28, 1583, when the merchant ship Ann Francis sailed into a powerful storm during a return voyage from Spain.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Nov. 2026
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

Definition of merchant ship

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China launched Fujian aircraft carrier with three electromagnetic catapults recently.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
Private docks that stretch farther than an aircraft carrier is long won’t be built along the Georgia coast after all.

— Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of aircraft carrier

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Kemetale This boutique operator, which launched in 2022 with the Kemet Dahabeya, has small-scale ships that take their cues from the traditional dahabeah, a kind of sailing barge.

— Susan B. Barnes, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2026
Men stand on the side of a barge in New York Harbor holding a rope attached to a wooden crate from which Harry Houdini was trying to escape July 7, 1912.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of barge

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When the cutter arrived at Mona Island, the situation was chaotic and complex.

— Pedro Portal, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026
As a seventh-round draft choice out of Northeastern, Schlittler wasn’t always throwing gas with a devastating curveball mixed in with a cutter and sinker.

— Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of cutter

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That last pandemic was accelerated by a boom in rail and steamship travel but was eventually quashed by advances in science.

— Faye Flam, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026
Passenger boats have not passed through these parts since the days of the steamship petered all the way out some 60 years ago.

— Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of steamship

Noun

Hobart Mayor Josh Huddlestun told the Post-Tribune that the city has approved its transport permit.

— Jim Masters, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026
The ship was designed so that it could quickly be converted for troop transport, with its normal complement of 1,900 to 2,000 passengers replaced by up to 14,000 troops.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of transport

Noun

In another incident from Tuesday, the UKMTO said an unnamed tanker was struck by a projectile in the Persian Gulf.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Nov. 2026
Nearly 200 people were on board the cruise ship, American Heritage, when the Atlantic Asphalt tanker collided with it, according New Orleans officials.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2026

Definition of tanker

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