| charter |
a contract to hire a bus, airplane, or ship for the use of a group or a person. [1/4 definitions] |
| clipper |
a fast type of sailing ship. [1/2 definitions] |
| cordage |
the ropes and lines of a ship or boat considered collectively; rigging. [1/2 definitions] |
| craft |
a boat, ship, airplane, or space vehicle, or any group of these together. [1/4 definitions] |
| crew |
all of the people who work on a ship or an airplane. [1/2 definitions] |
| crow's-nest |
a small platform near the top of a ship's mast. A person stands in the crow's-nest to see what is happening on and around the ship. |
| cruise |
to travel for pleasure in a ship. [2/3 definitions] |
| cruiser |
a fast ship of medium size. Cruisers are used in wars. [1/3 definitions] |
| cutter |
a sailing ship with one mast. [1/2 definitions] |
| deck |
the floor on a ship or boat. Sometimes a ship has several decks at different levels. [2/4 definitions] |
| dedication |
the ceremony of opening something newly built, such as a building, a park, or a ship. [1/2 definitions] |
| embark |
to board a ship when beginning a trip. [1/2 definitions] |
| ferry |
a boat or ship that carries people or freight back and forth across a river or other body of water. [1/2 definitions] |
| figurehead |
a carved figure on the prow, or front, of a ship. [1/2 definitions] |
| foghorn |
a loud, deep horn on a ship or on the shore, used in fog or at night to give warning signals. |
| freighter |
a ship for taking goods from one place to another. |
| funnel |
a smokestack on a ship or locomotive. [1/2 definitions] |
| galley |
a large, low ship of ancient and medieval times that was moved by oars and sometimes by sails. [2 definitions] |
| gangplank |
a board or other movable walkway used for getting on or off a ship; gangway. |
| gangway |
an opening in the side of a ship that is above the deck. A gangway is used for getting on or off the ship. [2/4 definitions] |
| gunwale |
the upper edge of the side of a boat or ship. |