Meanings
containership1
plural containerships
- alternativeAlternative spelling of container ship.
A containership was passing in the far distance, a dark rectangle in the dusk.
2020, Emily St. John Mandel, The Glass Hotel, Picador (2021), page 2471 more example
One of the world’s largest containerships wedged athwart the Suez Canal has offered the shipping industry a timely reminder that super-sized ships can create super-sized problems
2021 March 26, Richard Meade, “Bigger ships create bigger problems”, in Lloyd's List, archived from the original on 13 Apr 2024
containership2
- uncountableobject-oriented programmingThe conceptual containment of one object inside another.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna cargo ship designed to hold containerized cargoes
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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containership. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/containership
“containership.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/containership. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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