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Word entry · 4 letters

ship

Best crossword clue

"Boat on the ocean"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ˈʃɪp/Part of speech verb, nounSorted hipsStarts with SEnds with P11 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. place on board a ship

Word origin

From Middle English chip, schepe, schip, schup, scip, scippe, ship, shup, ssip, from Old English sċip, sċyp, from Proto-West Germanic *skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą (“ship; tub, vessel”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to split”). More at shift.

Used in a sentence

  • But there are no ships, and no natural traffic lights or honey farms. The ship self destructs, and the predecessors to the traffic lights and honey farms self-destruct in spectacular manners.
  • In the case of these "ship" neighborhoods, birth will occur at the center cell, thus deviating from the "overcrowding" rule of Life (HighLife allows such a birth in all neighborhoods containing 6 cells).
  • This means that the landing wheels are not so far forward of the ship's center of gravity ; and that means that ground contact is less likely to produce a bounce.

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Used as a crossword answer11 curated clues

01Boat on the ocean4 letters
02Large boat4 letters
03Large sea vessel4 letters
04Large vessel4 letters
05Large vessel at sea4 letters
06Mail out4 letters
07Ocean vessel4 letters
08Ocean-going vessel4 letters

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