training ship

noun

a ship, often a sailing ship, used to train people as sailors

Similar
school ship

Meanings

nountraining ship (plural training ships)

plural training ships

  1. nauticala ship, often a sailing ship, used to train people as sailors

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna ship used to train students as sailors

Similar
school ship
Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Danish skoleskib
  • skoleskibtraining ship
Dutch opleidingsschip
  • opleidingsschiptraining ship
Finnish koululaiva
  • koululaivatraining ship
Norwegian Bokmål skoleskip
  • skoleskiptraining ship
Cite this entry
APA

training ship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/training%20ship

MLA

“training ship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/training%20ship. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “training ship,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/training%20ship.

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