container ship

noun

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

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container vesselCVcontainership
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Meanings

nouncontainer ship (plural container ships)

plural container ships · alternative containership

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

    Synonyms: container vessel, CV

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
container vesselCV

More synonyms by meaning

nouna cargo ship designed to hold containerized cargoes

Similar
containershipcontainer vessel
Broader
cargo shipcargo vessel
Also see
boxshipcontainershipcontainer vessel

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan portacontenidors
  • portacontenidorscargo vessel
Chinese Mandarin 集裝箱船 /集装箱船
  • 集裝箱船 /集装箱船 (jízhuāngxiāngchuán)cargo vessel
Dutch containerschip
  • containerschipcargo vessel
Finnish konttilaiva, konttialus
  • konttilaivacargo vessel
  • konttialuscargo vessel
French porte-conteneurs
  • porte-conteneurscargo vessel
German Containerschiff
  • Containerschiffcargo vessel
Greek εμπορευματοκιβωτιοφόρο, κοντέινερ
  • εμπορευματοκιβωτιοφόρο (emporevmatokivotiofóro)cargo vessel
  • κοντέινερ (kontéiner)cargo vessel
Indonesian kapal peti kemas
  • kapal peti kemascargo vessel
Japanese コンテナ船
  • コンテナ船 (kontena sen)cargo vessel
Korean 컨테이너선
  • 컨테이너선 (keonteineoseon)cargo vessel
Norwegian Bokmål containerskip, konteinerskip
  • containerskipcargo vessel
  • konteinerskipcargo vessel
Polish kontenerowiec
  • kontenerowieccargo vessel
Portuguese porta-contentores
  • porta-contentorescargo vessel
Russian контейнерово́з
  • контейнерово́з (kontɛjnerovóz)cargo vessel
Spanish portacontenedores
  • portacontenedorescargo vessel
Swahili meli ya kontena
  • meli ya kontenacargo vessel
Swedish containerfartyg
  • containerfartygcargo vessel
Turkish konteyner gemisi
  • konteyner gemisicargo vessel
Ukrainian контейнеровоз
  • контейнеровоз (kontejnerovoz)cargo vessel
Cite this entry
APA

container ship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/container%20ship

MLA

“container ship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/container%20ship. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “container ship,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/container%20ship.

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