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twin-ship

twin-ship is the alternative form of twinship.

Meaning of twinship

Noun (1)

twinship (uncountable)

  1. The condition of being a twin
    • In this twinship of right and duty lies the embryonic genesis of liberty . . .1858 Charles Arad Joy et. al. - Addresses of the Newly-appointed Professors of Columbia College

Noun (2)

twinship (plural twinships)

  1. Either of a pair of ships of exactly the same design
    • The Royal George, a twinship, was nearly as much approved of; and these two ships, by their fast sailing, were the principal, causes of the defeat of the enemy's fleets . . .1837, Edward Pelham Brenton, The Naval History of Great Britain

Forms of twin-ship

pluraltwin-ships

Questions about twin-ship

What is twin-ship the alternative form of?
Twin-ship is the alternative form of twinship.

Words near twin-ship in the dictionary

  1. twin-clutch gearboxes
  2. twin-engine
  3. twin-engined
  4. twin-lens reflex
  5. twin-masted
  6. twin-ship
  7. twin-ships
  8. twin-size
  9. twin-stick
  10. twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome
  11. twin-track

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Adapted from Wiktionary: twin-ship (page history and authors); twinship (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.

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