whaleship
whaleship noun: a ship used for hunting whales.
Noun
whaleship (plural whaleships)
- A ship used for hunting whales.
- Near-synonym: whaler
- For many years past the whaleship has been the pioneer in ferreting out the remotest and least known parts of the earth. She has explored seas and archipelagoes which had no chart, where no Cook or Vancouver had ever sailed.1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
- Synonyms:
- whaler
Synonyms of whaleship
Forms of whaleship
| plural | whaleships |
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Origin of whaleship
From whale + ship.
Questions about whaleship
- What does whaleship mean?
- Whaleship means a ship used for hunting whales.
- What part of speech is whaleship?
- Whaleship is a noun.
- What is the plural of whaleship?
- The plural of whaleship is whaleships.
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