What is a ship?

Question

What is a ship?

Answer 1

A ship is generally steel not wood or fiberglass. Minesweepers are wood. The smallest I would consider a ship is a fishing vessel that is ocean going at least 80 feet long.

The saying is you can put a boat on a ship but you can't put a ship on a boat.

I work in a shipyard and we have a minimum size limit of 100 feet long but will make minor exceptions. Most ships are over 150 feet long.

Answer 2

a big boat,

Answer 3

if in water a ship is a boat of sorts...if it is in atmosphere...it is an air ship (plane)...if it is in space...it is a space ship...you surely are not serious though...right? I mean you already know this unless you are like three years old then you should be in bed...

Answer 4

A vessel, esp. a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.

Answer 5

A ship is a thing that floats in water it's a new invention it's been in all the papers and on the news

Answer 6

a vessel that floats on water.

Hope this helps...

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Answer 7

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Answer 8

1.

         1. A vessel of considerable size for deep-water navigation.

         2. A sailing vessel having three or more square-rigged masts.

   2. An aircraft or spacecraft.

   3. The crew of one of these vessels.

   4. One's fortune: When my ship comes in, I'll move to a larger house.

Answer 9

a small woolly quadriped, used for the making of jumpers and lamb roasts, also known as a sheep, unless you have a really bad irish accent commonly occurs on St Patricks day.

Answer 10

To answer your question maybe it is easiest if we think about the difference between a boat, a yacht, and a ship.  One definition that is often used is that you can fit a boat inside a ship but you cannot fit a ship inside a boat. A ship is a commercial vessel such as a passenger ship, a freighter or a tanker. A boat is smaller - could be a fishing boat, a dinghy, a sailboat, a row boat, etc., and could actually be fairly large. A yacht is a personally owned pleasure "boat", either a sail boat or a power boat, but is not a ship.  I hope this helps.

Answer 11

A ship is a vessel large enough to carry boats. At least that is how the Navy defined them. Also a vessel meant for deep water navigation. A sailing vessel with 3 or more masts.

Answer 12

What floats on water and can carry people and cargo?

Ans: A Ship.

Answer 13

A boat becomes a ship after 300 feet.

Answer 14

its the same thing as a boat