receiving ship
Navy (now historical )
noun
A ship moored in a naval port for the accommodation of sailors (especially new recruits) waiting to go to sea.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in Treble Almanack.
- aggravated damages
- aggravatingly
- aggravation
- aggravative
- aggravator
- aggrave
- aggregability
- aggregable
- aggregant
- aggregate
- aggregate demand
- aggregate fruit
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- aggregateness
- aggregate recoil
- aggregate score
- aggregate supply
- aggregation
- aggregation pheromone
- aggregative
- aggregative pill
- aggregator
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- aggregometer
- aggress