ocean liner

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noun

an oceangoing passenger ship, operating either as one unit of a regular scheduled service or as a cruise ship.

Origin of ocean liner

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

Words nearby ocean liner

ocean, ocean city, ocean engineering, ocean floor spreading, ocean greyhound, ocean liner, ocean marine insurance, ocean of storms, ocean perch, ocean pout, ocean springs

Words related to ocean liner

liner

Example sentences from the Web for ocean liner

  • Here a huge canoe made of a single log, and there a mammoth steamer with all the elegances of an ocean-liner.

    The Minute Man of the Frontier |W. G. Puddefoot