Gas-turbine ship (original) (raw)

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I. (noun)

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Meaning:

A ship powered by a gas turbineplay

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Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("gas-turbine ship" is a kind of...):

ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)

Meronyms (parts of "gas-turbine ship"):

gas turbine (turbine that converts the chemical energy of a liquid fuel into mechanical energy by internal combustion; gaseous products of the fuel (which is burned in compressed air) are expanded through a turbine)

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