Phrase Hound found 196 phrases and 1,369 compound words that contain ship. The most common are listed below. Open ship in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 196
- cruise shipA passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are considered an essential part of the experience.
- ship-to-shipfired from a ship at another ship
- pirate shipAny ship manned by pirates, especially a large wooden sailing ship armed with cannons and flying a Jolly Roger, as stereotyped in literature and film.
- ship in a bottleAn ornament consisting of a model ship inside a glass bottle, usually one with a narrow neck which makes it difficult to see how the ship was put in place.
- mother shipA vessel, aircraft or spacecraft that serves or carries a smaller vessel or vessels that operate independently from it.
- drop shipTo deliver goods for a business directly to its customers, as though the business owned a relevant inventory, but with the manufacturer as the real source of the delivery.
- capital shipAny of the most important types of warships, capable of projecting a fleet in being.
- ship outTo depart, especially for a sea voyage or military assignment.
- hospital shipA ship that is intended to serve as a mobile hospital with appropriate equipment and personnel.
- ship-to-airfired from a ship at an aircraft in flight, or at an incoming missile
- training shipa ship, often a sailing ship, used to train people as sailors
- cargo shipA ship that carries cargo.
- sailing shipA ship with masts and sails, powered by the wind.
- motor shipA seagoing vessel powered by an internal combustion engine, usually a diesel. Compare with steamship.
- research shipA ship that is designed and used for research.
- ship warAn intense and sometimes hostile disagreement between shippers of rival ships in a fandom.
- transport shipA ship that is used to transport military personnel; a troopship.
- ship of stateThe governance of a state or country, viewed through the metaphor of steering a ship at sea.
- container shipA cargo vessel designed to carry cargo prepacked into containers, especially shipping containers.
- sister shipA ship built to the same design and dimensions as another or belongs to the same owners as another.
- ground-to-shipfired from the ground at a target ship
- air-to-shipfired from an aircraft in flight to a ship
- Ship RockAlternative form of Shiprock: A monadnock rising nearly 1,583 feet (482.5 m) above the high-desert plain of the Navajo Nation in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States.
- ghost shipAn abandoned ship, or (science fiction, by extension) spaceship, that is haunted and possibly adrift.
- air shipTo transport (goods) by air.
Compound words 1,369
- shippingThe transportation of goods.
- partnershipThe state of being associated with a partner.
- friendshipThe condition of being friends.
- fellowshipA company of people that share the same interest or aim.
- citizenshipThe state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen.
- townshipThe territory of a town.
- hardshipDifficulty or trouble; hard times.
- flagshipThe ship occupied by the fleet's commander (usually an admiral); it denotes this by flying his flag.
- skipperThe master of a ship.
- stewardshipThe rank or office of a steward.