variants or less commonly containership
: a ship specially designed or equipped for carrying containerized cargo

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And while future container ship sails may be rigid rather than canvas, the principles of ancient seafaring technology still apply. Joe Sills, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025 Surging prices to move cargo by container ship have prompted companies to close the distance between their factories and their American customers, a trend known as nearshoring. Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025 From 1986 to 1988, thousands of pounds of incinerated soot from Philadelphia circumnavigated the globe on a container ship in search of a buyer. Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025 The allegation might have risen above ignorant innuendo if Lyman had tried to show any evidence that the governor, the mayor or the port commissioner had anything to do with the container ship striking the bridge. Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for container ship

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First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of container ship was in 1966

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“Container ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/container%20ship. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.

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containership

noun
con·​tain·​er·​ship kən-ˈtā-nər-ˌship How to pronounce containership (audio)
: a ship designed or equipped to carry very large containers of cargo
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