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CONTAINER VESSEL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cargo ship designed to hold containerized cargoes
Example:
the weight of the documentation of all the consignments on board a contemporary container ship can exceed 90 pounds
Synonyms:
container ship; container vessel; containership
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("container vessel" is a kind of...):
cargo ship; cargo vessel (a ship designed to carry cargo)