A Ship

1. A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
2. (chiefly in combination) A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.
3. (archaic, nautical, formal) A sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts.
4. A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
5. (cartomancy) The third card of the Lenormand deck.

Usage notesEdit

• The singular form ship is sometimes used without any article, producing such sentences as "In all, we spent three weeks aboard ship." and "Abandon ship!". (Similar patterns may be seen with many place nouns, such as camp, home, work, and school, but the details vary between them.)
• Ships are traditionally regarded as feminine and the pronouns her and she are normally used instead of it.