ship's+boat

  • 61Boat (disambiguation) — A boat, while generally referring to the nautical craft, has several other meanings:* A ship can be informally be known as a boat, especially by its crew. This use is uncommon in the case of a warship, and can be considered insulting. * In the… …

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  • 62ship — ▪ I. ship ship 1 [ʆɪp] noun [countable] a large boat used for carrying people or goods across the sea: • The island s waste is taken by ship to the mainland. ˈcargo ship TRANSPORT a ship built to carry goods rather than people conˈtainer ship …

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  • 63boat — boatable, adj. boatless, adj. /boht/, n. 1. a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion. 2. a small ship, generally for specialized use: a fishing boat. 3 …

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  • 64boat, ship — A boat is a small vessel, one propelled by oars, sails, or an outboard motor: We rowed our boat to a nearby island. A ship is a large or seagoing craft, powered by engines or sails: The ship required five days to cross the Atlantic. This… …

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  • 65boat train — noun a train taking passengers to or from a port • Hypernyms: ↑train, ↑railroad train * * * noun : a train scheduled to connect with a boat * * * a train scheduled to carry passengers to or from a landing point: The boat train to Paris was… …

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  • 66ship — 1 /SIp/ noun (C) 1 a large boat used for carrying people or goods across the sea: a cruise ship | a merchant ship | by ship: Most of the island s supplies are brought in by ship. 2 a large spacecraft or aircraft 3 ships that pass in the night… …

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  • 67Ship-to-Gaza-Zwischenfall — Die Mavi Marmara verlässt Istanbul am 22. Mai 2010 Beim Ship to Gaza Zwischenfall am 31. Mai 2010 enterte die israelische Marine in internationalen Gewässern sechs mit Hilfsgütern für den Gazastreifen beladene Schiffe, mit denen verschiedene… …

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  • 68Ship prefix — A ship prefix is a combination of letters, usually abbreviations, used in front of the name of a civilian or naval ship. Prefixes for civilian vessels may either identify the type of propulsion, such as SS for steamship, or purpose, such as RV… …

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  • 69Boat People (film) — Infobox Film name = Boat People caption = director = Ann Hui producer = Xia Meng writer = Dai An Ping starring = George Lam, Cora Miao, Season Ma, Andy Lau music = Law Wing fai cinematography = Wong Chung kei editing = Kin Kin distributor =… …

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  • 70ship — noun 1》 a large seagoing boat.     ↘a sailing vessel with a bowsprit and three or more square rigged masts. 2》 a spaceship. 3》 N. Amer. an aircraft. verb (ships, shipping, shipped) 1》 transport on a ship.     ↘transport by other means.     ↘dated …

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