motor ship

noun

Definition of motor shipnext
as in merchant ship

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  1. merchant ship
  2. aircraft carrier
  3. barge
  4. cutter
  5. steamship
  6. transport
  7. tanker
  8. watercraft
Noun
  • Newsletter Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science news In September 1679, a French trader and explorer arrived near Green Bay, Wisconsin, with his new merchant ship, Le Griffon.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
  • The movie takes place on a merchant ship bound for London and becomes a survival horror story as the crew starts getting laid to waste by a most surprising passenger hidden within the boxes below deck.
    Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of merchant ship
Noun
  • The Joint Staff Office under the Defense Ministry of Japan reported the movement of Chan's second operational aircraft carrier, CNS Shandong, and two warship escorts in waters east of the northern Philippines.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The shifts are likely to result in an overall decrease in the total number of U.S. troops in the Middle East, largely because an aircraft carrier contains as many as 5,000 sailors.
    DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS, arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of aircraft carrier
Noun
  • His friend, David, furiously began digging the pumpkin out, but the pair soon discovered that the beach had been used to moor barges, and there were large industrial cables underneath the ground.
    Owen Clarke, Outside Online, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The new series follows Billie (Janice LeAnn Brown), a strong young wizard— who with the help of Alex— barges in Justin’s mundane life with his two boys, Roman (Alkaio Thiele) and Milo (Max Matenko), and his wife Giada (Mimi Gianopulos).
    Stephanie Andrade, StyleCaster, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of barge
Noun
  • Cord cutters can watch the match on any live TV streaming service that carries CBS, including DirecTV Stream, Fubo or Hulu + Live TV.
    Rudie Obias, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Rotary cutter: on sale for $14.94 Original price: $20.99 When cutting straight lines, a pair of scissors doesn’t always do the trick.
    Christopher Murray, Fox News, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of cutter
Noun
  • Michigan Shipwreck Research Association That discovery was announced just weeks after the 1886 wreck of the steamship Milwaukee was found more than 350 feet below the surface in Lake Michigan.
    CBS News, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The expedition team's next target using the Hydrus technology is the wreck of the luxury passenger steamship SS Koombana, which disappeared somewhere off Port Hedland en route to Broome during a tropical cyclone in 1912, with 150 on board presumed to have perished.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 Apr. 2024
Definition of steamship
Noun
  • Once approved, Scottsdale’s water could bring a new era for the CAP as a local water transport system with a more complex set of operations.
    Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Devers said a first test delivery to be carried out by the end of 2024 would ascertain if the quality of the drink is maintained after transport.
    Greg McKenna, Fortune Europe, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of transport
Noun
  • Pentagon officials earlier said that B-52 long-range bombers, along with more destroyers, fighter squadrons and tankers, would be deployed to the region to deter Iran and its militant allies.
    Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Major General Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, said that further destroyers, fighter squadrons, tankers and B-52 long-range bombers would be sent to the Middle East to deter Iran and its allies from conducting more attacks.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of tanker
Noun
  • The military has also deployed a warship to Valencia, bringing helicopters, watercraft, trucks, food and emergency supplies.
    Atika Shubert, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
  • One drawback of battery-electric watercraft lies in the fact that their batteries take a relatively long time to charge.
    Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2024
Definition of watercraft
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