Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shipping company

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.49 in modern English

Syllables: ship-ping -com-pa-ny
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A company whose main line of business is ownership and operation of ships.

noun

A line (the body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry).

Example Sentences

"Steamship arrivals, however, are less predictable and the best arrangements of shipping companies and the railway operating department may be upset by weather and tide."

Inflected Forms

shipping companies (plural)

Questions

What does shipping company mean?: A company whose main line of business is ownership and operation of ships.

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