Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

twin ship

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.24 in modern English

Syllables: twin -ship
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of twinship (One of two ships with the same design)

Example Sentences

"Such an one was the old Truelove, a barque of two hundred and ninety tons, built at Philadelphia just one hundred and five years before she was delivered to the ship-breakers; and the Brotherly Love, which ought to have been a twin ship, and, in fact, enjoyed a twin existence"
"When a technical lest of a new cruise ship delayed its maiden voyage and resulted in lost bookings, Holland-America Company responded to the negative publicity by launching an aggressive campaign supporting the first voyage of a twin ship."

Inflected Forms

twin ships (plural)

Questions

What does twin ship mean?: Alternative form of twinship (One of two ships with the same design)

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