shipping

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈʃɪpɪŋ/]

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1. shipping (noun) — sense 1

Definition: The transportation of goods.

Example: From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.[…] But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip.

2. shipping (noun) — sense 2

Definition: The body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry; ships collectively.

Example: Our overplus of shipping will we burn; / And, with the rest full-mann’d, from the head of Actium / Beat the approaching Caesar.

3. shipping (noun) — sense 3

Definition: Passage or transport on a ship.

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