FISHING VESSEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fishing vessel mean? 

• FISHING VESSEL (noun)
  The noun FISHING VESSEL has 1 sense:

1. a vessel for fishing; often has a well to keep the catch alive

  Familiarity information: FISHING VESSEL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FISHING VESSEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vessel for fishing; often has a well to keep the catch alive

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

fishing boat; fishing smack; fishing vessel

Hypernyms ("fishing vessel" is a kind of...):

vessel; watercraft (a craft designed for water transportation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fishing vessel"):

dragger; trawler (a fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish)