Definitions for reships

reships re·ship

Spelling: [ree-ship]
IPA: /riˈʃɪp/

Reships is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 168 anagrams from letters in reships (ehiprss).

Definitions for reships

verb (used with object)

  1. to ship again.
  2. to transfer from one ship to another.

verb (used without object)

  1. to go on a ship again.
  2. (of a member of a ship's crew) to sign up for another voyage.

Origin of reships

First recorded in 1645-55; re- + ship1

Examples for reships

I had taken passage on one of the regular steamers from Manila to Hong Kong, and was to reship from there.

The Danube steamers are not unfrequently obliged to stop at Drenkova and reship their passengers into smaller boats.

These grain elevators are really huge tanks where the grain is stored and kept dry until time to reship it.

It was considered an advantage to reship cotton because moving it from one boat to another knocked the mud off the bales.

It was easier and cheaper to buy the German-made product and reship it than to produce the same article at home.

Word Value for reships
Scrable

11

Words with friends

11

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