containership

See also: container ship

English

Etymology 1

Noun

containership (plural containerships)

1. Alternative spelling of container ship.
   • 2020, Emily St. John Mandel, The Glass Hotel, Picador (2021), page 247:

     A containership was passing in the far distance, a dark rectangle in the dusk.

Etymology 2

container +‎ -ship

Noun

containership (uncountable)

1. (object-oriented programming) The conceptual containment of one object inside another.