Usually means: Powered vessel navigating aquatic routes.
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  1. motor ship: Merriam-Webster
  2. motor ship: Collins English Dictionary
  3. motor ship: Wiktionary
  4. Motor Ship, Motor ship: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (motor ship)

▸ noun:  (nautical) A seagoing vessel powered by an internal combustion engine, usually a diesel. Compare with steamship.

Similar:
steamer, steamship, motor torpedo boat, motorboat, motor boat, motor-boat, vessel, steamboat, sailing vessel, sailing ship, more...

Opposite:
sailboat, sail vessel, sailing ship

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Similar:
steamer, steamship, motor torpedo boat, motorboat, motor boat, motor-boat, vessel, steamboat, sailing vessel, sailing ship, more...

Opposite:
sailboat, sail vessel, sailing ship



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