Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. nautical A passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are considered an essential part of the experience.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a passenger ship used commercially for pleasure cruises
Examples
“The German cruise ship Kronprinzessin Cecilie, a regular visitor to the Orkneys in prewar days, was reported to have passed through Stronsay Firth only twenty-four hours before the expiration of the British ultimatum.”
“In the quick glimpse I got on the near side of the arena, I could see the superstructure of a cruise ship in Government Cut, not a Cunard Lines ship, or course, but I peered anxiously for some sign.”
“They strolled together beside the railing, watching the seagulls dive as the cruise ship maneuvered into Kahului Bay on the north shore of Maui.”
“They had already studied weeks ago the different activities and theme dinners that the cruise ship offered, but Isabel still wasn’t sure if she had the right clothes for this extra-fancy adventure.”
“Although the Genesis Dawn cruise ship is fictitious, new megaships such as Royal Caribbean’s 220,000-ton Oasis of the Seas are rolling off the slips every year.”
“Through the open balcony door of the suite in the Genesis Dawn, Tyler could hear the faint burble of a cigarette boat cruising past the Dodge Island cruise ship terminal.”
“Five Mile is one of the last and most drastic hills, where the houses lose their modesty, a steep three-hundred-foot tree-lined shelf, as if a huge cruise ship had improbably ground ashore at the edge of a city.”
“The cruise ship has been an extravagant convenience, a cushy alternative to the prau on which Wallace hitchhiked, but it’s not going to get me any closer than this.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘cruise ship’.
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50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
walking, bicycle, bus, train, motorcycle, airplane, car, truck, segway, limousine, roller coaster, wheelbarrow and 130 more...
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ENVI - Collocations ABC
An extract from the "Zold Tolmacs" project, a HU-EN environmental dictionary compiled by Robert Gulyas in 2000.
AA battery, aa lava, aapa mire, abandon the project, abandon the sewer..., abandoned car, abandoned dyke, abandoned farm, abandoned field, abandoned industr..., abandoned industr..., abandoned land and 5386 more...
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Out to Sea
If I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
Me upon my pony on my boat.boat, ship, skiff, barge, canoe, catamaran, yacht, scow, lifeboat, launch, ketch, dory and 303 more...
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travelling
dirigible, nautilus, tireme, odyssey, timeship, spaceship, jet, car, jeep, phaeton, truck, lightship and 58 more...
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