MERCHANT VESSELS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does merchant vessels mean? 

• MERCHANT VESSELS (noun)
  The noun MERCHANT VESSELS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: MERCHANT VESSELS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MERCHANT VESSELS (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 ("merchant vessels" is a kind of...):

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