Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ghost ship

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.30 in modern English

Syllables: ghost -ship
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An abandoned ship, or (science fiction, by extension) spaceship, that is haunted and possibly adrift.

noun

Synonym of shadow ship.

Example Sentences

"When Hayes turned to Jephson's contribution, he found that it commenced with a description of the famous ghost ship, the Marie Celeste, being towed into Gibraltar harbor."

Etymology

ghost + ship

Inflected Forms

ghost ships (plural) ghostship (alternative) ghost-ship (alternative)

Synonyms

shadow ship

Questions

What does ghost ship mean?: An abandoned ship, or (science fiction, by extension) spaceship, that is haunted and possibly adrift.
Where does ghost ship come from?: ghost + ship

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