sailing ship

sail·ing ship

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sey-ling ship]
- /ˈseɪ lɪŋ ʃɪp/
- /ˈseɪlɪŋ ʃɪp/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sey-ling ship]
- /ˈseɪ lɪŋ ʃɪp/

Definitions of sailing ship words

noun sailing ship a large ship equipped with sails. 1
countable noun sailing ship A sailing ship is a large ship with sails, especially of the kind that was used to carry passengers or cargo. 0
noun sailing ship a large sailing vessel 0

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Origin of sailing ship

First appearance:

before 1880

One of the 23% newest English words

First recorded in 1880-85

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Parts of speech for Sailing ship

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Sailing ship

sailing ship popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 72% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

sailing ship usage trend in Literature

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