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stiffship

stiffship noun: too much weight concentrated in the lower holds of a vessel, resulting in excessive stability.

Noun

stiffship (plural stiffships)

  1. Too much weight concentrated in the lower holds of a vessel, resulting in excessive stability.

Forms of stiffship

pluralstiffships

Origin of stiffship

From stiff + ship.

Questions about stiffship

What does stiffship mean?
Stiffship means too much weight concentrated in the lower holds of a vessel, resulting in excessive stability.
What part of speech is stiffship?
Stiffship is a noun.
What is the plural of stiffship?
The plural of stiffship is stiffships.

Words near stiffship in the dictionary

  1. stiffneckedness
  2. stiffness
  3. stiffnesses
  4. stiffs
  5. stiffs up
  6. stiffship
  7. stiffships
  8. stifftail
  9. stifftails
  10. stiffware
  11. stiffy

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