ship-to-shore

[ ship-tuh-shawr, -shohr ]

adjective

1. operating between a ship and the shore:

   a ship-to-shore radio.

adverb

1. from a ship to the shore:

   The message was sent ship-to-shore.

noun

1. a ship-to-shore radio.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ship-to-shore¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

“Nearly all ship-to-shore radio telephone conversations are carried on in scrambled speech,” the Commodore replied.

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Bill was first aboard and went directly to the ship-to-shore radio.

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They didn't talk much, and keenly felt the terrible frustration of their enforced silence on the ship-to-shore.

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