supership

English

Etymology

From super- +‎ ship.

Pronunciation

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Noun

supership (plural superships)

1. (informal) An especially large ship.
   • 2007 January 2, John Curtis Perry, Scott Borgerson, Rockford Weitz, “The Deep Blue Highway”, in New York Times‎:

     The slump in American shipping is especially surprising when you consider that it was American entrepreneurs who, in the mid-20th century, revolutionized oceanic transport by creating both the standard-size steel shipping container and the supership capable of transporting 50 times as much cargo as a World War II-era merchant ship could.