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WHALING SHIP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does whaling ship mean?
• WHALING SHIP (noun)
The noun WHALING SHIP has 1 sense:
1. a ship engaged in whale fishing
Familiarity information: WHALING SHIP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A ship engaged in whale fishing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
whaler; whaling ship
Hypernyms ("whaling ship" is a kind of...):
ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "whaling ship"):
factory ship (a whaling ship equipped to process whale products at sea)
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