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ship

  • noun
  • /ˈʃɪp/

A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.

Other meanings

  1. A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.

  2. A particular still life consisting of an empty cell surrounded by six live cells.

A kind of

  • vessel

Kinds of ship

  • abandoned ship
  • blockade-runner
  • cargo ship
  • flagship
  • gas-turbine ship
  • nuclear-powered ship
  • passenger ship
  • pirate

Example sentences

  • “I was born on a pirate ship.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

  • “The ship made it back to port.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

  • “The ship sailed into the storm.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Old English "sċip".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “ship” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.