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container ship

container ship noun: a cargo vessel designed to carry cargo prepacked into containers, especially shipping containers.

Noun

container ship (plural container ships)

  1. A cargo vessel designed to carry cargo prepacked into containers, especially shipping containers.
    Synonyms:
    container vessel, CV

container ship meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

container ship in Tamil

கொள்கலக் கப்பல்

container ship in Indonesian

cargo vessel
kapal peti kemas

Synonyms of container ship

Forms of container ship

pluralcontainer ships
alternative formcontainership

Words formed from container ship

Questions about container ship

What does container ship mean?
Container ship means a cargo vessel designed to carry cargo prepacked into containers, especially shipping containers.
What is container ship in Tamil?
Container ship in Tamil is கொள்கலக் கப்பல். See Container ship meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is container ship?
Container ship is a noun.
What is the plural of container ship?
The plural of container ship is container ships.

Words near container ship in the dictionary

  1. container formats
  2. container plant
  3. container plants
  4. container port
  5. container ports
  6. container ship
  7. container ships
  8. container vessel
  9. container vessels
  10. container wagon
  11. container wagons

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