small vessel
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsmallandvessel
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small
adjective
uk/smɔːl/us/smɑːl/
little in size or amount when compared with what is typical ...
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vessel
noun[C]
uk/ˈves.əl/us/ˈves.əl/
formal
a large boat or ...
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(Definition ofsmallandvesselfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The haemoptysis in this case could have been due to erosion of asmallvesselof the compressed lung by the false aneurysm.
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To account for inter-vessel differences the best we can, we introduce asmallvesselsize class dummy into the technical inefficiency equation.
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Despite all these difficulties there is increasing evidence thatsmallvesseldisease is a common contributor to physical and mental decline in old age.
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This reviewer has never read a better account of life on board asmallvesselduring a storm at sea written by one of the sailors who participated in it.
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Quite frankly, the shipbuilding industry of this country cannot afford at this time to lose one singlesmallvesselto a foreign yard.
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Only onesmallvesselcan berth at the whnarf, which itself looks large and out of place.
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Anyone who has served at sea knows that many people being cooped up in asmallvesselcreates jealousies and tensions.
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It is on such calm seas that asmallvesselsuch as our own economy should seek to ply its trade.
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They are also to build a 250-ton submarine, quite asmallvessel, which is to cost no less than 3,000,000 dollars.
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The compensation for asmallvesselof 500 tonnes, which at the moment would be about £25,000, after ratification would become about £120,000.
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It is a tiny shipment in asmallvessel, just to see what are the technical possibilities and the economics of the matter.
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I would suggest that asmallvessel, if it has a greater endurance and a greater speed, can cover a larger area of water on this earth's surface.
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