ocean liner

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noun

an oceangoing passenger ship, operating either as one unit of a regular scheduled service or as a cruise ship.

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Origin of ocean liner

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

Words nearby ocean liner

oceanic crust, oceanicity, oceanic ridge, oceanic trench, Oceanid, ocean liner, ocean marine insurance, Ocean of Storms, oceanog., oceanography, oceanologic

How to use ocean liner in a sentence

Its disruptions have increased costs for shippers, who have to deal with the inefficiencies of leaving their ocean liners idling outside of packed ports.
Ports are a mess but shipping company profits are at record highs|Nicolás Rivero|September 18, 2021|Quartz
Record numbers of ocean liners are waiting offshore for berths to unload their cargo.
Ports are a mess but shipping company profits are at record highs|Nicolás Rivero|September 18, 2021|Quartz
Put the pair out for a Super Bowl party, I will glom onto the snack like barnacle to an ocean liner.
The 25 best sandwiches in the D.C. area|Tim Carman|June 16, 2021|Washington Post
Opposite is a red-brick monastery leaning like an ocean liner in the snow.
Russia’s Gold Digger Academy|Peter Pomerantsev|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The economy is like an ocean liner that turns only very slowly.
The GOP's Misplaced Rage|Bruce Bartlett|August 12, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The slender steel shell of an ocean liner is not constructed to resist the law of gravity acting on full five thousand tons.
The Pillar of Light|Louis Tracy
His room was as well arranged as the stateroom of the captain on an ocean liner.
The Winning Touchdown|Lester Chadwick
I thought again of the ocean liner plunging in the opposite direction, and what my father was thinking at that moment.
I Walked in Arden|Jack Crawford
And, after all, an ocean liner is from one point of view a retreat from the greater dangers of the streets of London.
The Book of This and That|Robert Lynd
You might as well have tried to shove in the broadside of an ocean liner as to push against that foot.
The Depot Master|Joseph C. Lincoln