WHALING SHIP

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A ship engaged in whale fishing

Synonyms:

whaler; whaling ship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("whaling ship" is a kind of...):

ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "whaling ship"):

factory ship (a whaling ship equipped to process whale products at sea)