"bulk carrier" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bulk carriers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bulk carrier (plural bulk carriers)
  1. (nautical) Any ocean-going cargo vessel (merchant ship) designed to carry unpackaged bulk cargo, such as grains, coal, ore, steel coils and cement, in its holds. Categories (topical): Nautical, Watercraft Synonyms: bulker Translations (ocean-going cargo vessel (merchant ship)): ŝutvara ŝipo (Esperanto), bulkkialus (Finnish), irtolastialus (Finnish), vraquier [masculine] (French), vracquier [masculine] (French), transporteur de vrac [masculine] (French), Massengutfrachter [masculine] (German), Massengutschiff [neuter] (German), Bulkcarrier [masculine] (German), Bulker [masculine] (German), Bulkschiff [neuter] (German), Schüttgutfrachter [masculine] (German), אֳנִיַת תִּפְזֹרֶת (oniyát tifsóret) [feminine] (Hebrew), אֳנִיַת צֹבֶר (oniyát tsóver) [feminine] (Hebrew), portarinfuse [feminine] (Italian), balkeris [masculine] (Latvian), tørrlasteskip [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), bulkskip [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), tørrlasteskip [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), bulkskip [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), сухогру́з (suxogrúz) (english: dry-cargo ship) [masculine] (Russian), ба́лкер (bálker) [masculine] (Russian), нава́лочник (naváločnik) [masculine] (Russian), bulklastfartyg [neuter] (Swedish), bulkfartyg [neuter] (Swedish)

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