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
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Words related to ocean liner

cruise ship, liner, ocean greyhound

Example sentences from the Web for ocean liner

  • Here a huge canoe made of a single log, and there a mammoth steamer with all the elegances of an ocean-liner.

    The Minute Man of the Frontier|W. G. Puddefoot