supership

English

Etymology

super- +‎ ship

Noun

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:
      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.
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