supership
supership noun: an especially large ship.
Noun
supership (plural superships)
- An especially large ship.
- The slump in American shipping is especially surprising when you consider that it was American entrepreneurs who, in the mid-20th century, revolutionized oceanic transport by creating both the standard-size steel shipping container and the supership capable of transporting 50 times as much cargo as...2007 January 2, John Curtis Perry, Scott Borgerson, Rockford Weitz, “The Deep Blue Highway”, in New York Times
Forms of supership
| plural | superships |
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Origin of supership
From super- + ship.
Questions about supership
- What does supership mean?
- Supership means an especially large ship.
- What part of speech is supership?
- Supership is a noun.
- What is the plural of supership?
- The plural of supership is superships.
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