supership

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English

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Etymology

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From super- +‎ ship.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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supership (plural superships)

  1. (informal) An especially large ship.
    • 2007 January 2, John Curtis Perry, Scott Borgerson, Rockford Weitz, “The Deep Blue Highway”, in New York Times[1]:
      The slump in American shipping is especially surprising when you consider that it was American entrepreneurs who, in the mid-20th century, revolutionized oceanic transport by creating both the standard-size steel shipping container and the supership capable of transporting 50 times as much cargo as a World War II-era merchant ship could.