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HOSPITAL SHIP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hospital ship mean?
• HOSPITAL SHIP (noun)
The noun HOSPITAL SHIP has 1 sense:
1. a ship built to serve as a hospital; used for wounded in wartime
Familiarity information: HOSPITAL SHIP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A ship built to serve as a hospital; used for wounded in wartime
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hospital ship" is a kind of...):
ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)
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