English noun: shipping |
1. | shipping (act) the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials |
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| Synonyms | transport, transportation |
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| Broader (hypernym) | business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | air transport, air transportation, express, expressage, ferry, ferrying, freight, freightage, hauling, navigation, truckage, trucking |
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| Part meronym | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism |
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| Domain category members | off-line, on-line, online |
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2. | shipping (artifact) conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry |
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| Synonyms | cargo ships, merchant marine, merchant vessels |
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| Broader (hypernym) | conveyance, transport |
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