container
Example Sentences
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Clusters of oil tankers and container ships were lined up to cross the strait.
The back section was basically a large container – perhaps the kind of thing you might move cattle in.
From Literature
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The company on Tuesday suspended all vessel transits through the Strait of Hormuz until further notice, echoing moves from other container shipping companies.
It could be a chair, a tent-like structure, or a curved container of some kind, for instance.
From BBC
The Middle East conflict has significantly delayed container shipping’s return to the Suez Canal, the chief executive of German carrier Hapag-Lloyd said.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.