LIGHTSHIP meaning: Unladen weight of a ship

We found 22 dictionaries that define the word lightship:

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lightship: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
lightship: Merriam-Webster
lightship: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
lightship: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
lightship: Collins English Dictionary
lightship: Vocabulary.com
Lightship, lightship: Wordnik
lightship: Wiktionary
lightship: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
lightship: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
lightship: Infoplease Dictionary
lightship: Dictionary.com
Lightship, The Lightship: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
lightship: Rhymezone
lightship: FreeDictionary.org
lightship: Mnemonic Dictionary
lightship: TheFreeDictionary.com

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lightship: Encyclopedia

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lightship: Urban Dictionary

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SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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▸ noun: (nautical) A vessel riding at anchor and displaying a light for the guidance of sailors, in a position where a fixed lighthouse structure would be impracticable.

Opposite:

heavyship, freighter, cargo ship

Types:

Nantucket lightship, Ambrose lightship, Overfalls lightship, Frying Plightship, Swiftsure lightship, Relief lightship, more...

Adjectives:

first, old, new, nore, last, red, distant, west, nearest, former, english

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