Meanings
nounghost ship (plural ghost ships)
plural ghost ships · alternative ghostship · alternative ghost-ship
- nauticalAn abandoned ship, or (science fiction, by extension) spaceship, that is haunted and possibly adrift.
When Hayes turned to Jephson's contribution, he found that it commenced with a description of the famous ghost ship, the Marie Celeste, being towed into Gibraltar harbor.
2014, Valerie Martin, The Ghost of the Mary Celeste, Hachette UK, →ISBN - Synonym of shadow ship.
Synonyms: shadow ship
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of shadow ship.
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Catalan vaixell fantasma
- vaixell fantasmaabandoned, possibly adrift ship that is haunted
Chinese Mandarin 幽灵船
- 幽灵船abandoned, possibly adrift ship that is haunted
Dutch spookschip
- spookschipabandoned, possibly adrift ship that is haunted
Esperanto fantoma ŝipo
- fantoma ŝipoabandoned, possibly adrift ship that is haunted
Finnish aavelaiva
- aavelaivaabandoned, possibly adrift ship that is haunted
French vaisseau fantôme
- vaisseau fantômeabandoned, possibly adrift ship that is haunted
German Geisterschiff
- Geisterschiffabandoned, possibly adrift ship that is haunted
Greek πλοίο φάντασμα
- πλοίο φάντασμα (ploío fántasma)abandoned, possibly adrift ship that is haunted
Italian nave fantasma
- nave fantasmaabandoned, possibly adrift ship that is haunted
Japanese 幽霊船
- 幽霊船 (yūreisen)abandoned, possibly adrift ship that is haunted
Korean 유령선
- 유령선 (yuryeongseon)abandoned, possibly adrift ship that is haunted
Polish statek widmo
- statek widmoabandoned, possibly adrift ship that is haunted
Portuguese navio-fantasma
- navio-fantasmaabandoned, possibly adrift ship that is haunted
Spanish barco fantasma
- barco fantasmaabandoned, possibly adrift ship that is haunted
Swedish spökskepp
- spökskeppabandoned, possibly adrift ship that is haunted
Turkish hayalet gemi
- hayalet gemiabandoned, possibly adrift ship that is haunted
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Chicago
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