Thesaurus results for SUPERLINER

superliner

noun

Definition of superliner

as in steamship

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Recent Examples of superliner The bi-level superliner cars offer a higher vantage point, Magliari said. — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2024 With daily departures from Chicago Union station, the superliner service rumbles through Illinois chasing mile after mile of golden-red corn fields before thudding over the Mississippi river into Iowa. — Monisha Rajesh, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Oct. 2022 The Mulsanne is a large luxury superliner of Bentley refinement and filigree that work flawlessly as luxurious separators from the competition, mainly the Rolls-Royce Phantom and Mercedes-Maybach S600. — Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 Aug. 2017

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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

Noun

The National Tunnel needs a 295-foot steel liner, similar to work used to repair the Greer Tunnel two years ago in Peters Township.

— Megan Shinn, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
Skin tints, blurring balms, four kinds of lip liner—amid an increasing bevy of products to choose between, choice paralysis begs the question of what a makeup routine actually requires.

— Valeriya Chupinina, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of liner

Noun

Made from lightweight, stretchy nylon and spandex fabric, it can be worn right out of your suitcase without having to break out a steamer.

— Mariette Williams, Travel + Leisure, 13 Aug. 2026
Its knit fabric never requires an iron or steamer, and it’s held up through countless washes without pilling despite my lackadaisical approach to laundry.

— Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of steamer

Noun

The barge clearance level at Kaub on the Rhine, a key chokepoint for river shipments to southern Germany and Switzerland, continues to drop.

— Bloomberg, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of barge

Noun

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
Ground handling and tarmac loading have fully resumed, though flight schedules will require another 24-to-48 hours to clear passenger and freighter backlogs.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of freighter

Noun

At least one ship entered using the Iranian route, and a small tanker laden with Iranian fuel oil exited, data showed.

— August 17, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
Of the outbound traffic, four vessels — including a tanker laden with 2 million barrels of Saudi crude - sailed with their satellite trackers off.

— Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of tanker

Noun

This autumn, the brand will open its first flagship at 35–37 Sloane Square in London, surrounded by premium lifestyle neighbours such as Tiffany & Co and Aesop.

— Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Google allegedly delayed its next flagship, Gemini, by two months after internal testing showed its coding still lagged rivals.

— Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026

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