supply ship

collocation in English

meaningsofsupplyandship

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supply
noun
uk
/səˈplaɪ/us
/səˈplaɪ/
an amount of something that is available ...
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ship
noun[C]
uk
/ʃɪp/us
/ʃɪp/
a large boat for travelling on water, especially across ...
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(Definition ofsupplyandshipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This sum reflected the estimated capital cost of replacing the island's dedicated passenger/supplyship, as the alternative to developing air access.
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Much of this support is needed to maintain essential government services, including education and healthcare, and to subsidise the island's vital passenger/supplyship.
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Asupplyshipfor a drilling platform is a sea-going boat, so where does that leave us?
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He has been thesupplyship, so to speak, for the submarine.
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The greater part will be used to purchase a new research andsupplyship.
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She also served concurrently as a collier andsupplyship.
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From the early 1990s, subsidies were reduced and in 1994 the lastsupplyshipbrought provisions and fuel to the settlement.
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A carrier strike group also, on occasion, includes submarines, attached logistics ships and asupplyship.
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Visitors often gather to watch the activity when asupplyshiparrives.
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As the command ship of the replenishment operation, thesupplyshipprovides all lines and equipment needed for the transfer.
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It was asupplyshipto the arctic.
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When asupplyshiparrives, it is emptied by whaleboats towed by launches, five tonnes at a time.
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More than a week later, the tendersupplyshipwas able to get close enough to start the rope transfer.
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Over the next six years, he served in two cruisers, asupplyshipand three destroyers.
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The destroyers and joined the maritime interdiction force supported by thesupplyship.
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He took several courses in communications and served aboard a communications relay ship, asupplyshipand three carriers.
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Crops were destroyed and the island'ssupplyshipwas sunk.
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Asupplyshipis expected in a few weeks, but the ship is late.
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The ice piers key function is to provide a platform for freight trucks to come alongside asupplyshipto receive or offload cargo.
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