Word.ws English Dictionary

handymax

handymax adjective: of a freight ship: which has a small cargo capacity (40,000 - 50,000 DWT). Member of the handysize class.

Adjective

handymax (not comparable)

  1. Of a freight ship: which has a small cargo capacity (40,000 - 50,000 DWT). Member of the handysize class.

Origin of handymax

From handy + -max.

Questions about handymax

What does handymax mean?
Handymax means of a freight ship: which has a small cargo capacity (40,000 - 50,000 DWT). Member of the handysize class.
What part of speech is handymax?
Handymax is an adjective.

Words near handymax in the dictionary

  1. handyman's special
  2. handyman's specials
  3. handymanned
  4. handymanning
  5. handymans
  6. handymax
  7. handymen
  8. handypeople
  9. handyperson
  10. handypersons
  11. handysize

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: handymax (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “handymax.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/handymax. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.