different between reefer vs containership

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??i?f?/
• Rhymes: -i?f?(r)

Etymology 1

From reef +? -er.

Noun

reefer (plural reefers)

1. (nautical) Someone who reefs sails, especially a midshipman.
   • 1922, Katherine Mansfield, ‘Prelude’, Oxford 2002 (Selected Stories), p. 85:

     Her reefer cap was all on one side and on her cheek there was the print of an anchor button she had pressed on while sleeping.

   • 1905, John Masefield, Sea Life in Nelson's Times, p. 27:

     The mess table, at which the reefers and mates made merry, was fixed in the middle of the berth.

2. A reefer jacket; a close-fitting jacket or short coat of thick cloth.

Derived terms

• reefer jacket

Translations

Etymology 2

Clipping of refrigerator.

Noun

reefer (plural reefers)

1. (colloquial, chiefly US) A refrigerated, insulated trailer, ship or shipping container.
2. (rail transport, US) a refrigerator car (type of boxcar).

Translations

Etymology 3

Origin uncertain. Perhaps from regional Spanish grifa (“cannabis”) (Mexico), grifo (“someone who smokes cannabis”) (Central America).

Noun

reefer (countable and uncountable, plural reefers) (slang)

1. (countable) A marijuana cigarette.
2. (uncountable) Marijuana.

Synonyms

• (marijuana cigarette): See also Thesaurus:marijuana cigarette, Appendix:Cannabis slang

Translations

Anagrams

• Ferree

English

Etymology 1

Noun

containership (plural containerships)

1. Alternative spelling of container ship

Etymology 2

container +? -ship

Noun

containership (uncountable)

1. (object-oriented programming) The conceptual containment of one object inside another.