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vessel

noun as in ship

noun as in container, bowl

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As the light comes closer, she sees a small, wooden fishing vessel with five women and 11 men on board, packed so tightly they can barely stand.

From BBC

"Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking illicit narcotics, and was transiting along a known narcotrafficking passage enroute to poison Americans," he wrote.

From BBC

The eyeball monster was among the captive cargo on a research vessel, the Maginot, commissioned by the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, the “Alien” franchise’s main corporate villain.

From Salon

One male passenger died in hospital after being found seriously ill when the vessel was intercepted, according to police.

From BBC

On Monday he announced the US military had destroyed an alleged Venezuelan drug vessel in international waters in the South Caribbean.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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