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WHALING SHIP

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Dictionary entry overview: What does whaling ship mean?

• WHALING SHIP (noun)
The noun WHALING SHIP has 1 sense:

1. a ship engaged in whale fishing

Familiarity information: WHALING SHIP used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• WHALING SHIP (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A ship engaged in whale fishing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

whaling ship; whaler

Hypernyms ("whaling ship" is a kind of...):

ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "whaling ship"):

factory ship (a whaling ship equipped to process whale products at sea)

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