containership

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See also: container ship

English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

containership (plural containerships)

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[edit]

container +‎ -ship

Noun[edit]

containership (uncountable)

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

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