LIGHTSHIP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lightship mean? 

• LIGHTSHIP (noun)
  The noun LIGHTSHIP has 1 sense:

1. a ship equipped like a lighthouse and anchored where a permanent lighthouse would be impracticable

  Familiarity information: LIGHTSHIP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIGHTSHIP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A ship equipped like a lighthouse and anchored where a permanent lighthouse would be impracticable

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("lightship" is a kind of...):

ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)