"ro-ro" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ro-ros [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ro-ro (countable and uncountable, plural ro-ros)
  1. (transport, nautical) Abbreviation of roll-on roll-off. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: roll-on roll-off Categories (topical): Nautical, Transport, Watercraft Synonyms: roro, ro/ro, Ro-Ro, RoRo, Ro/Ro, RO-RO, RORO, RO/RO Related terms: lo-lo
    Sense id: en-ro-ro-en-noun-14t3LkwK Disambiguation of Watercraft: 94 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 97 3 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 96 4 Topics: nautical, transport
  2. An individual vehicle of this kind. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-ro-ro-en-noun--ef6lHOS

Inflected forms

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