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lightship

noun

Definition of lightship

as in barge

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Recent Examples of lightship The clapboard houses, lightship baskets, and roses climbing up the side of Sconset roofs inspired a sense of permanence. — William D. Cohan, Air Mail, 23 Aug. 2025 From there, walk up India Street to Four Winds Craft Guild and admire — and perhaps purchase — artisanal lightship baskets. — New York Times, 31 July 2025 Privately, Peterson believed that the Valencia was likely past the lightship, nearing the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca. — Longreads, 4 May 2023 Outside, visitors can tour the lightship Columbia, which for three decades helped ships cross the Columbia Bar. — oregonlive, 22 Oct. 2020 This accommodation allows guests to sleep in a 70-year-old British lightship (which is essentially a lighthouse in boat form). — Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2020

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Noun

The barge clearance level at Kaub on the Rhine, a key chokepoint for river shipments to southern Germany and Switzerland, continues to drop.

— Bloomberg, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026
In other parts of the route, the road drops close enough to the river so that drivers can watch barge traffic on the Mississippi.

— Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2026

Definition of barge

Noun

Most reached the region by steamship to Skagway or nearby Dyea, Alaska, before attempting to cross the Coast Mountains via the White Pass or Chilkoot trails.

— Bailey Berg, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2026
The ferry also stops on Ellis Island, part of the national park, and is famous for processing more than 12 million immigrant steamship passengers through its federal immigration station from 1892 to 1954.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of steamship

Noun

Made from lightweight, stretchy nylon and spandex fabric, it can be worn right out of your suitcase without having to break out a steamer.

— Mariette Williams, Travel + Leisure, 13 Aug. 2026
Its knit fabric never requires an iron or steamer, and it’s held up through countless washes without pilling despite my lackadaisical approach to laundry.

— Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of steamer

Noun

The ship is similar in size and capacity to the Sanchi, an Iranian ship that collided with a freighter off China in 2018 in the world’s worst oil tanker disaster in decades.

— Reuters, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2026
Ground handling and tarmac loading have fully resumed, though flight schedules will require another 24-to-48 hours to clear passenger and freighter backlogs.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of freighter

Noun

The incident was due to an engineering failure aboard the warship, the US 7th Fleet said in a statement to CNN, another setback as concerns mount over the heavy strain on the US Navy due to the Iran war and global commitments.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
The advanced warship features next-generation technologies such as electromagnetic systems and dual nuclear reactors, with delivery anticipated in 2027.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of warship

Noun

At least one ship entered using the Iranian route, and a small tanker laden with Iranian fuel oil exited, data showed.

— August 17, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
Of the outbound traffic, four vessels — including a tanker laden with 2 million barrels of Saudi crude - sailed with their satellite trackers off.

— Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of tanker

Noun

Sotheby’s will offer Amedeo Modigliani’s Nu assis au collier (Seated Nude with Necklace), 1917, later this month.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 8 June 2026
Holmes elevated her look by wearing nearly $80,000 worth of Arielle Ratner jewels, including the statement diamond Gatsby earrings and the diamond Gatsby collier.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 21 May 2026

Definition of collier

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