CARGO SHIP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cargo ship mean? 

• CARGO SHIP (noun)
  The noun CARGO SHIP has 1 sense:

1. a ship designed to carry cargo

  Familiarity information: CARGO SHIP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARGO SHIP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A ship designed to carry cargo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cargo ship; cargo vessel

Hypernyms ("cargo ship" is a kind of...):

ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)

Meronyms (parts of "cargo ship"):

freeboard deck (the uppermost watertight deck)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cargo ship"):

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)