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hospital ships

hospital ships is the plural of hospital ship.

Meaning of hospital ship

Noun

hospital ship (plural hospital ships)

  1. A ship that is intended to serve as a mobile hospital with appropriate equipment and personnel.
    • The Leinster has been in use as a hospital ship and a transport, but is now released and is refitting for her regular service.1946 March and April, “Notes and News: Anglo-Irish Steamship Fleets”, in Railway Magazine, page 118

Questions about hospital ships

What is hospital ships the plural of?
Hospital ships is the plural of hospital ship.

Words near hospital ships in the dictionary

  1. hospital pharmacy
  2. Hospital Row
  3. Hospital Saturday
  4. Hospital Saturdays
  5. hospital ship
  6. hospital ships
  7. hospital soap
  8. hospital sock
  9. hospital socks
  10. Hospital Sunday
  11. Hospital Sundays

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