Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

container ship

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables
con-tain-er -ship
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cargo vessel designed to carry cargo prepacked into containers, especially shipping containers.

Inflected Forms

container ships (plural) containership (alternative)

Derived Forms

conbulker

Frequently Paired Words

containerization containerload TEU

Synonyms

container vessel CV containership

Questions

What does container ship mean?
A cargo vessel designed to carry cargo prepacked into containers, especially shipping containers.

How to pronounce container ship

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