ship | (noun) a vessel that carries passengers or freight | - |
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(verb) place on board a ship | - |
(verb) transport commercially | Synonyms: send, transport |
(verb) go on board | Synonyms: embark |
(verb) travel by ship | - |
(verb) hire for work on a ship | - |
shipboard | (adjective) casual or ephemeral as if taking place on board a ship | - |
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shipbuilder | (noun) a business that builds and repairs ships | - |
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(noun) a person who builds ships as a business | Synonyms: ship builder |
(noun) a carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels | Synonyms: ship builder, shipwright |
shipbuilding | (noun) the construction of ships | Synonyms: ship building |
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shipload | (noun) the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car | Synonyms: boatload, carload |
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shipmate | (noun) an associate on the same ship with you | - |
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shipment | (noun) the act of sending off something | Synonyms: despatch, dispatch |
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(noun) goods carried by a large vehicle | Synonyms: cargo, consignment, freight, lading, load, loading, payload |
shipowner | (noun) someone who owns a ship or a share in a ship | - |
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shipper | (noun) a company in the business of shipping freight | - |
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(noun) someone who ships goods | - |
shipping | (noun) the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials | Synonyms: transport, transportation |
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(noun) conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry | Synonyms: cargo ships, merchant marine, merchant vessels |
shipshape | (adjective) characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder | Synonyms: trim, well-kept |
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shipside | (noun) the part of a wharf that is next to a ship | - |
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shipway | (noun) structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired | Synonyms: slipway, ways |
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(noun) a canal large enough for seagoing vessels | Synonyms: ship canal |
shipworm | (noun) wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells | Synonyms: teredinid |
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shipwreck | (noun) a wrecked ship (or a part of one) | - |
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(noun) an accident that destroys a ship at sea | Synonyms: wreck |
(noun) an irretrievable loss | - |
(verb) destroy a ship | - |
(verb) cause to experience shipwreck | - |
(verb) ruin utterly | - |
(verb) suffer failure, as in some enterprise | - |
shipwright | (noun) a carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels | Synonyms: ship builder, shipbuilder |
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shipyard | (noun) a workplace where ships are built or repaired | - |
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