CARGO SHIPS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cargo ships mean? 

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

1. conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARGO SHIPS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cargo ships; merchant marine; merchant vessels; shipping

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

conveyance; transport (something that serves as a means of transportation)

 Context examples 

The Grayback was short on torpedoes from its recent attack on Japanese cargo ships.

(Lost 52 Project announces discovery of wrecked sub near Okinawa, Wikinews)