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Aframax

Aframax adjective: describes a size of freight ship, maximum Average Freight Rate Assessment (AFRA). Generally being too large to pass through the Panama Canal.

Adjective

Aframax (not comparable)

  1. Describes a size of freight ship, maximum Average Freight Rate Assessment (AFRA). Generally being too large to pass through the Panama Canal.

Origin of Aframax

From AFRA + -max.

Questions about Aframax

What does Aframax mean?
Aframax means describes a size of freight ship, maximum Average Freight Rate Assessment (AFRA). Generally being too large to pass through the Panama Canal.
What part of speech is Aframax?
Aframax is an adjective.

Words near Aframax in the dictionary

  1. Afrabians
  2. afraid
  3. afraid of one's own shadow
  4. afraidly
  5. afraidness
  6. Aframax
  7. Aframerican
  8. Aframericans
  9. afrancesado
  10. afrancesadoes
  11. afrancesados

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