Phrase guide

container ship

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A cargo vessel designed to carry cargo prepacked into containers, especially shipping containers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: nautical, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: container vessel, CV

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a cargo ship designed to hold containerized cargoes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the weight of the documentation of all the consignments on board a contemporary container ship can exceed 90 pounds

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: containership, container vessel

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cargo ship, cargo vessel

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: portacontenidors — cargo vessel
  • Chinese Mandarin: 集裝箱船 /集装箱船 (jízhuāngxiāngchuán) — cargo vessel
  • Crimean Tatar: konteyner gemisi — cargo vessel
  • Dutch: containerschip — cargo vessel
  • Finnish: konttilaiva — cargo vessel
  • Finnish: konttialus — cargo vessel
  • French: porte-conteneurs — cargo vessel
  • Georgian: კონტეინერმზიდი (ḳonṭeinermzidi) — cargo vessel
  • Georgian: კონტეინერული ხომალდი (ḳonṭeineruli xomaldi) — cargo vessel
  • German: Containerschiff — cargo vessel
  • Greek: εμπορευματοκιβωτιοφόρο (emporevmatokivotiofóro) — cargo vessel
  • Greek: κοντέινερ (kontéiner) — cargo vessel
  • Indonesian: kapal peti kemas — cargo vessel
  • Japanese: コンテナ船 (kontena-sen) — cargo vessel
  • Korean: 컨테이너선 (keonteineoseon) — cargo vessel
  • Norwegian Bokmål: containerskip — cargo vessel
  • Norwegian Bokmål: konteinerskip — cargo vessel
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: containerskip — cargo vessel
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: konteinarskip — cargo vessel
  • Polish: kontenerowiec — cargo vessel
  • Portuguese: porta-contentores — cargo vessel
  • Russian: контейнерово́з (kontɛjnerovóz) — cargo vessel
  • Spanish: portacontenedores — cargo vessel
  • Swedish: containerfartyg — cargo vessel
  • Turkish: konteyner gemisi — cargo vessel
  • Ukrainian: контейнеровоз (kontejnerovoz) — cargo vessel
  • Uzbek: konteyner kemasi — cargo vessel