shipping container

collocation in English

meaningsofshippingandcontainer

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shipping
noun[U]
uk
/ˈʃɪp.ɪŋ/us
/ˈʃɪp.ɪŋ/
ships considered as ...
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container
noun[C]
uk
/kənˈteɪ.nər/us
/kənˈteɪ.nɚ/
a hollow object, such as a box or a bottle, that can be used for holding something, especially to carry or ...
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(Definition ofshippingandcontainerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It was sealed in ashippingcontainerand being taken for destruction by a helicopter, but the helicopter went down in the sea.
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It can also be defined as a consignment of cargo which is inefficient to fill ashippingcontainer.
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First, the development of theshippingcontainermade this type of relatively small dock inefficient, and the dock-owners were slow to embrace change.
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The bricks have been wrapped and are being stored on pallets inside ashippingcontainerto preserve them while crews work to reassemble the structure.
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For example a transport package or distribution package can be theshippingcontainerused to ship, store, and handle the product or inner packages.
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Various pieces included a cylinder-like container, a crate, an openshippingcontainer, and a red pipe.
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Although construction is easy, plastic foam panels contain too much open space to fit many efficiently in ashippingcontainer.
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He ultimately got into the corrugated fiberboardshippingcontainerbusiness in the 1900s.
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Their task was to create a living space in and around a singleshippingcontainerin four days and with a budget of $25,000.
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The thyristor valve is usually installed in a purpose-built, ventilated building, or a modifiedshippingcontainer.
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One access point shown is through ashippingcontainerwhich houses a secret hydraulic lift.
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The design of the terminal is based on ashippingcontainer.
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Before the power goes off, a television news report shows ashippingcontainerwhich has washed up on a nearby beach.
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A vending machine was placed in a convertedshippingcontaineron the platform as a replacement for the ticket counter in the entrance building.
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From it, there are reliable and regularshippingcontainerlines to all major world ports.
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Used primarily for shipping, the foam-in-bag process molds to the shape of the object and expands to fill the void space of itsshippingcontainer.
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It is wise (and sometimes mandatory) to have formal verification of the performance of the insulatedshippingcontainer.
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They head off to the site which had donated theshippingcontainer, with instructions to haggle as necessary.
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Ideally, the object will be packaged in ashippingcontainerthat provides protection from shock, vibration, sudden climate changes, and mishandling.
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He is knocked unconscious and taken with them, locked in ashippingcontainer.
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