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tall ship

tall ship
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tawl ship]
    • /tɔl ʃɪp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tawl ship]
    • /tɔl ʃɪp/

Definitions of tall ship words

  • noun tall ship type of large sailing ship 1
  • countable noun tall ship A tall ship is a sailing ship which has very tall masts and square sails. 0
  • noun tall ship any square-rigged sailing ship 0
  • noun tall ship a large, typically square-rigged sailing ship with tall masts, as a clipper 0

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Parts of speech for Tall ship

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adjective
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adverb
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preposition
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tall ship popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Synonyms for tall ship

noun tall ship

  • brigantine — a two-masted sailing ship, rigged square on the foremast and fore-and-aft with square topsails on the mainmast
  • cutter — A cutter is a tool that you use for cutting through something.
  • dory — a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
  • galleon — a large sailing vessel of the 15th to the 17th centuries used as a fighting or merchant ship, square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and generally lateen-rigged on one or two after masts.
  • ketch — a sailing vessel rigged fore and aft on two masts, the larger, forward one being the mainmast and the after one, stepped forward of the rudderpost, being the mizzen or jigger.

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