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CARGO VESSEL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A ship designed to carry cargo
Synonyms:
cargo ship; cargo vessel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("cargo vessel" is a kind of...):
ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)
Meronyms (parts of "cargo vessel"):
freeboard deck (the uppermost watertight deck)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cargo vessel"):
banana boat (a ship designed to transport bananas)
bottom; freighter; merchant ship; merchantman (a cargo ship)
cattle boat; cattleship (a cargo ship for the transport of livestock)
container ship; container vessel; containership (a cargo ship designed to hold containerized cargoes)
Liberty ship (a slow cargo ship built during World War II)
oil tanker; oiler; tank ship; tanker (a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk)
