ship-to-shore

/ship"teuh shawr", -shohr"/, adj.

1. operating between a ship and the shore: a ship-to-shore radio.

adv.

2. from a ship to the shore: The message was sent ship-to-shore.

n.

3. a ship-to-shore radio.

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ship-to-shore UK US adjective

ship-to-shore communication is between someone on a ship and someone on land

Thesaurus: communicating by radio_hyponym well-known television and radio programmes and characters_hyponym

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ship-to-shore «SHIHP tu SHR, -SHOHR», adjective, adverb.

–adj.

passing from a ship to the shore; working between a ship and shore: »

In a ship-to-shore call she urged her husband not to waste his time meeting her at the pier (Harper's).

–adv.

from a ship to the shore: »

to radio ship-to-shore.

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1.

adj. from a ship to land

ship-to-shore phone calls

2.

n. a radiotelephone connecting a ship to land, or connecting a train or other vehicle to a control center

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ˌship-to-ˈshore [ship-to-shore ship-to-shores] adjective only before noun

providing communication between people on a ship and people on land

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a ship-to-shore radio