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TRANSSHIP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: tranship    , transshipped    , transshipping   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Transfer for further transportation from one ship or conveyance to another

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "transship" is one way to...):

shift; transfer (move around)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

transshipment (the transfer from one conveyance to another for shipment)

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