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FISHING VESSEL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fishing vessel mean?
• FISHING VESSEL (noun)
The noun FISHING VESSEL has 1 sense:
1. a vessel for fishing; often has a well to keep the catch alive
Familiarity information: FISHING VESSEL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A vessel for fishing; often has a well to keep the catch alive
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
fishing boat; fishing smack; fishing vessel
Hypernyms ("fishing vessel" is a kind of...):
vessel; watercraft (a craft designed for water transportation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fishing vessel"):
dragger; trawler (a fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish)
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