Phrase Hound found 91 phrases and 657 compound words that contain ships. The most common are listed below. Open ships in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 91
- ships in the nightAlternative form of ships that pass in the night: Two or more people who encounter one another in a transitory, incidental manner and whose relationship is without lasting significance; two or more people who almost encounter one another …
- cruise shipsplural of cruise ship: A passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are considered an essential part of the experience.
- cable shipsplural of cable ship: a vessel fitted for laying and repairing submarine cables; it has a large roller built over the bows for paying out cable.
- capital shipsplural of capital ship: Any of the most important types of warships, capable of projecting a fleet in being.
- fire shipsplural of fire ship: A wooden ship set alight and then sent floating into an enemy flotilla, with the aim of spreading the fire among them.
- hospital shipsplural of hospital ship: A ship that is intended to serve as a mobile hospital with appropriate equipment and personnel.
- light-shipsplural of light-ship; alternative form of lightships
- mother shipsplural of mother ship: A vessel, aircraft or spacecraft that serves or carries a smaller vessel or vessels that operate independently from it.
- Q-shipsplural of Q-ship: A merchant ship with concealed weaponry, designed to lure submarines into making surface attacks.
- space shipsplural of space ship: A manned vehicle that flies through space.
- training shipsplural of training ship: a ship, often a sailing ship, used to train people as sailors
- transport shipsplural of transport ship: A ship that is used to transport military personnel; a troopship.
- loose lips sink shipsSaying too much or releasing confidential information can have dangerous consequences.
- motor shipsplural of motor ship: A seagoing vessel powered by an internal combustion engine, usually a diesel. Compare with steamship.
- generation shipsplural of generation ship: A type of interstellar spaceship, where generations of humans live and die aboard during the journey through interstellar space, as the journey between stars would take generations.
- merchant shipsplural of merchant ship: A ship that is principally or (usually) entirely civilian, engaged in trade, which carries cargo, passengers, or both.
- assembly shipsplural of assembly ship: A garishly painted aircraft, flying as an initial reference point for a bomber formation in the early part of a mission.
- ships in a bottleplural of ship in a bottle: An 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.
- ships outthird-person singular simple present indicative of ship out: To depart, especially for a sea voyage or military assignment.
- sister shipsplural of sister ship: A ship built to the same design and dimensions as another or belongs to the same owners as another.
- hell shipsplural of hell ship: A ship (sailing vessel) with extremely inhumane living conditions or with a reputation for cruelty among the crew, especially one of those used by the Japanese to transport Allied prisoners of war and Asian slave …
- liberty shipsplural of liberty ship: A simple, cheap cargo ship built in the United States during World War II.
- ships of the lineplural of ship of the line: A large square-rigged warship large enough to have a place in the line of battle, with up to 140 guns on at least two decks. A capital ship from the age of sail, superior to a frigate; usually, a seventy-four …
- ghost shipsplural of ghost ship: An abandoned ship, or (science fiction, by extension) spaceship, that is haunted and possibly adrift.
- tall shipsplural of tall ship: A large sailing ship with multiple masts and rigged sails, usually used as a training vessel.
Compound words 657
- amidshipsIn the middle of a ship, either longitudinally or laterally.
- relationshipsplural of relationship: Connection or association; the condition of being related.
- partnershipsplural of partnership: The state of being associated with a partner.
- scholarshipsplural of scholarship: A grant-in-aid to a student.
- championshipsplural of championship: A competition to determine a champion, especially the final of a series of competitions.
- membershipsplural of membership: The state of being a member of a group or organization.
- internshipsplural of internship: A job taken by a student in order to learn a profession or trade.
- fellowshipsplural of fellowship: A company of people that share the same interest or aim.
- friendshipsplural of friendship: The condition of being friends.
- dealershipsplural of dealership: A place that sells items, especially cars.