We found 3 definitions of cargo ship from 3 different sources.
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cargo ship - a ship designed to carry cargo | ||
cargo vessel | ||
ship a vessel that carries passengers or freight | ||
banana boat a ship designed to transport bananas | ||
freighter, merchant ship, merchantman, bottom a cargo ship; "they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms" | ||
cattle boat, cattleship a cargo ship for the transport of livestock | ||
container ship, container vessel, containership a cargo ship designed to hold containerized cargoes; "the weight of the documentation of all the consignments on board a contemporary container ship can exceed 90 pounds" | ||
freeboard deck the uppermost watertight deck | ||
liberty ship a slow cargo ship built during World War II |