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GAS-TURBINE SHIP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A ship powered by a gas turbine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("gas-turbine ship" is a kind of...):
ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)
Meronyms (parts of "gas-turbine ship"):
gas turbine (turbine that converts the chemical energy of a liquid fuel into mechanical energy by internal combustion; gaseous products of the fuel (which is burned in compressed air) are expanded through a turbine)