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ship tracks

ship tracks noun: long, narrow, white clouds formed when the exhaust from ships interacts with atmospheric water vapor.

ship tracks: long, narrow, white clouds formed when the exhaust from ships interacts with atmospheric water vapor
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Noun

ship tracks pl (normally plural, singular ship track)

  1. (plural, plural-normally) Long, narrow, white clouds formed when the exhaust from ships interacts with atmospheric water vapor.

Forms of ship tracks

singularship track

Origin of ship tracks

From ship + tracks.

Questions about ship tracks

What does ship tracks mean?
Ship tracks means long, narrow, white clouds formed when the exhaust from ships interacts with atmospheric water vapor.
What part of speech is ship tracks?
Ship tracks is a noun.

Words near ship tracks in the dictionary

  1. ship railways
  2. ship rat
  3. ship rats
  4. Ship Rock
  5. ship track
  6. ship tracks
  7. ship war
  8. ship wars
  9. ship's bells
  10. ship's biscuit
  11. ship's biscuits

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