ship-to-shore
[ ship-tuh-shawr, -shohr ]
adjective
operating between a ship and the shore: a ship-to-shore radio.
adverb
from a ship to the shore: The message was sent ship-to-shore.
noun
a ship-to-shore radio.
Origin of ship-to-shore
1First recorded in 1905–10
Words Nearby ship-to-shore
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How to use ship-to-shore in a sentence
“Nearly all ship-to-shore radio telephone conversations are carried on in scrambled speech,” the Commodore replied.
Saboteurs on the River | Mildred A. WirtBill was first aboard and went directly to the ship-to-shore radio.
The Day of the Dog | Anderson HorneThey didn't talk much, and keenly felt the terrible frustration of their enforced silence on the ship-to-shore.
The Day of the Dog | Anderson Horne
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