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Meaning of shipping container

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

shipping

Pronunciation:/ˈʃɪpɪŋ/

noun

Definitions

  1. The transportation of goods.

  2. The body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry.

  3. Passage or transport on a ship.

  4. The cost of sending an item or package via postal services.

    Example: The shipping' is included in the quoted price.

shipping

Pronunciation:/ˈʃɪpɪŋ/

verb

Definitions

  1. To send by water-borne transport.

  2. To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).

    Example: to ship freight by railroad

  3. To release a product to vendors; to launch.

    Example: Our next issue ships early next year.

  4. To engage to serve on board a vessel.

    Example: I shipped on a man-of-war.

verb

Definitions

  1. To support or approve of a fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional, typically in fan fiction.

    Example: I ship Kirk and Spock in “Star Trek”.