whaling ship

collocation in English

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whaling
noun[U]
uk
/ˈweɪ.lɪŋ/us
/ˈweɪ.lɪŋ/
the activity of ...
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ship
noun[C]
uk
/ʃɪp/us
/ʃɪp/
a large boat for travelling on water, especially across ...
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(Definition ofwhalingandshipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Such a conclusion was entirely unwarranted; the blubber could have come from awhalingshipor from a whale dead from natural causes.
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The author argued that as thewhalingshipwas a closed community of approximately 300 men, this was suggestive of an infectious aetiology.
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Fig. 2 is a contemporary painting of a typicalwhalingshipin action on the whaling ground.
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She was an old barqueriggedwhalingship, of about 230 tons.
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I asked him a specific question about thewhalingship.
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The figure for that vessel—a completewhalingshipwith all its plant—must certainly have run into six figures.
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At age 17 (in 1850), he joined the crew of awhalingship.
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After 20 months at sea, the privateer crew spots thewhalingship, but a giant whale attacks both ships before they are able to board.
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This amount was more than the earnings of threewhalingshiptrips during an average voyage of more than a year's duration.
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In addition to his function as head of state, he also put in time as a harpooner on awhalingship.
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This amount was more than 3 entirewhalingshiptrips from back home could hope to earn during an average voyage of more than a year's duration.
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Attracted by the profits to be made as a whaler, he ran to sea at age eleven and at 29 he was master of his ownwhalingship.
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This amount was more than 3 entirewhalingshiptrips from back home could hope to earn during an average voyage of more than a years' duration.
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How many modern whaling ships are there in commission now?
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They located a wreck in both harbours which turned out to be 16th-century whaling ships.
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Whaling ships had been operating in the area in 1791.
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Many of these immigrants came via whaling ships in the 19th century.
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Large cod and tuna were frequently caught in the area, and whaling ships caught many whales in the area.
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Tortugas provided fresh protein on the long journeys typical of whaling ships.
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