English > ship: 6 senses > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | A vessel that carries passengers or freight. |
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| Category of | astern | (of a ship or an airplane) behind |
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| auxiliary boiler, donkey boiler | (nautical) an extra boiler (as a ship's boiler that is used while the ship is in port) |
| auxiliary engine, donkey engine | (nautical) a small engine (as one used on board ships to operate a windlass) |
| beam | (nautical) breadth amidships |
| belaying pin | A wood or metal bar to which a rope can be secured (as on a ship or in mountain climbing) |
| bollard, bitt | A strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines) |
| brig | A penal institution (especially on board a ship) |
| broken-backed, hogged | (of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end |
| carvel-built | (of ships) built with flush (rather than overlapping) hull planks |
| clinker-built, clincher-built, lap-strake, lap-straked, lap-streak, lap-streaked | Having overlapping hull planks |
| destabilization | An event that causes a loss of equilibrium (as of a ship or aircraft) |
| drift | The gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane) |
| engineering, engine room | A room (as on a ship) in which the engine is located |
| foundering, going under | (of a ship) sinking |
| funnel | (nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship) |
| harborage, harbourage | (nautical) a place of refuge (as for a ship) |
| leeway | (of a ship or plane) sideways drift |
| log | A written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane) |
| lurch, pitch, pitching | abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance) |
| magnetic mine | (nautical) a marine mine that is detonated by a mechanism that responds to magnetic material (as the steel hull of a ship) |
| messmate | (nautical) an associate with whom you share meals / meals in the same mess (as on a ship) |
| planking | (nautical) a covering or flooring constructed of planks (as on a ship) |
| port, embrasure, porthole | An opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through |
| sickbay, sick berth | (nautical) a room for the treatment of the sick or injured (as on a ship) |
| trim | Adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used |
| Instances | Bounty, H.M.S. Bounty | A ship of the British navy |
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| Mayflower | The ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to Massachusetts in 1620 |
| Member of | fleet | A group of steamships operating together under the same ownership |
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| Parts | bay | A compartment on a ship between decks |
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| bilge pump | A pump to remove bilgewater |
| bilge well | (nautical) a well where seepage drains to be pumped away |
| bulkhead | A partition that divides a ship or plane into compartments |
| bulwark | A fencelike structure around a deck (usually plural) |
| cargo area, cargo deck, cargo hold, hold, storage area | The space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo |
| crow's nest | platform for a lookout at or near the top of a mast |
| davit | A crane-like device (usually one of a pair) for suspending or lowering equipment (as a lifeboat) |
| deck | Any of various platforms built into a vessel |
| fin | A stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fish |
| forecastle, fo'c'sle | living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed |
| funnel | (nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship) |
| galley, ship's galley, caboose, cookhouse | The area for food preparation on a ship |
| gyrostabilizer, gyrostabiliser | A stabilizer consisting of a heavy gyroscope that spins on a vertical axis |
| helm | steering mechanism for a vessel |
| log | measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water |
| lubber's hole | hole in a platform on a mast through which a sailor / sailor can climb without going out on the shrouds |
| porthole | A window in a ship or airplane |
| ratline, ratlin | (nautical) a small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship |
| ridge rope | Either of a pair of lifelines running alongside the bowsprit of a ship |
| riding bitt | One of the large bitts used to secure the cable of a dropped anchor |
| screw, screw propeller | A propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air |
| sea anchor, drogue | restraint consisting of a canvas covered frame that floats behind a vessel |
| sheet, tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud | (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind |
| skeleton, skeletal frame, frame, underframe | The internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape |
| spar | A stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging |
| stern, after part, quarter, poop, tail | The rear part of a ship |
| superstructure | structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck |
| top | platform surrounding the head of a lower mast |
| topside | (usually plural) weather deck |
| winch, windlass | lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds |
| Narrower | abandoned ship, derelict | A ship abandoned on the high seas |
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| blockade-runner | A ship that runs through or around a naval blockade |
| cargo ship, cargo vessel | A ship designed to carry cargo |
| flagship | The ship that carries the commander of a fleet and flies his flag |
| gas-turbine ship | A ship powered by a gas turbine |
| hospital ship | A ship built to serve as a hospital |
| hulk | A ship that has been wrecked and abandoned |
| icebreaker, iceboat | A ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigation |
| lightship | A ship equipped like a lighthouse and anchored where a permanent lighthouse would be impracticable |
| minelayer | ship equipped for laying marine mines |
| minesweeper | ship equipped to detect and then destroy or neutralize or remove marine mines |
| nuclear-powered ship | ship whose motive power comes from the energy of a nuclear reactor |
| passenger ship | A ship built to carry passengers |
| pirate, pirate ship | A ship that is manned by pirates |
| school ship, training ship | A ship used to train students as sailors / sailors |
| shipwreck | A wrecked ship (or a part of one) |
| sister ship | A ship that is one of two or more similar ships built at the same time |
| slave ship | A ship used to transport / transport slaves from their homes / homes to places of bondage |
| small ship | A ship that is small |
| steamer, steamship | A ship powered by one or more steam engines |
| tender, supply ship | ship that usually provides supplies to other ships |
| three-decker | Any ship having three decks |
| transport ship | A ship for carrying soldiers or military equipment |
| treasure ship | A 16th-century ship loaded with treasure |
| troopship | ship for transporting / transporting troops / troops |
| warship, war vessel, combat ship | A government ship that is available for waging war |
| whaler, whaling ship | A ship engaged in whale fishing / fishing |
| wreck | A ship that has been destroyed at sea |
| Broader | vessel, watercraft | A craft designed for water transportation / transportation |
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| Spanish | bajel, barco, buque, embarcación, nave, navio, navío |
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| Catalan | barca, embarcació, nau, vaixell |
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| Verbs | ship | place on board a ship |
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| ship | go on board |
| ship | travel by ship |
| ship | hire for work on a ship |
