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Ship People ʃɪp Restaurants Board Raw Materials Labour

Word ship
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ʃɪp / NAmE / ʃɪp /
Example
  • there are two restaurants on board ship.
  • a sailing/cargo/cruise ship
  • a ship’s captain/crew/company/cook
  • raw materials and labour come by ship, rail or road.
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ship

(noun)BrE / ʃɪp / NAmE / ʃɪp /
  1. a large boat that carries people or goods by sea
    • see also mother ship
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/mother-ship
    • There are two restaurants on board ship.
    • a sailing/cargo/cruise ship
    • a ship’s captain/crew/company/cook
    • Raw materials and labour come by ship, rail or road.
    • They boarded a ship bound for India.
    • When the ship docked at Southampton he was rushed to hospital.
  2. used to talk about people who leave an organization, a company, etc. that is having difficulties, without caring about the people who are left
  3. to leave the ship on which you are serving, without permission
    • See related entries: Travelling by boat or ship
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/travelling_by_boat_or_ship/ship_2
  4. to leave an organization that you belong to, suddenly and unexpectedly
  5. to organize something in a very efficient way, controlling other people very closely
  6. to spoil something good because you did not spend enough money or time on a small but essential part of it
  7. Extra Examples

    • Some of the crew jumped ship= left it illegally and disappeared.
    • The captain gave the order to abandon ship.
    • The captain went down with his ship.
    • The crew was rescued by a passing ship.
    • The dockers were loading the cargo onto the ship.
    • The ship anchored in the bay.
    • The ship had already been unloaded.
    • The ship is now permanently moored in Buenos Aires.
    • Their ship lay at anchor at the mouth of the harbour.
    • Their ship lay at anchor in the bay.
    • There was no time to send the goods by ship.
    • They are now on a ship bound for New York.
    • a factory ship that is equipped for freezing and canning
    • a ship carrying more than a thousand people
    • missiles from surface ships
    • Raw materials and labour come by ship, rail or road.
    • There are two restaurants on board ship.
    • a cargo ship
    • a container ship
    • a sailing ship

    Word Origin

    • Old English scip (noun), late Old English scipian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schip and German Schiff.
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