noun [U]
1 ships in general or considered as a group:
The canal is open to shipping. * the shipping forecast (= a report for ships on the weather conditions at sea) * international shipping lanes (= routes for ships)
2 the activity of carrying people or goods from one place to another by ship:
a shipping company / group / line * She arranged for the shipping of her furniture to England.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for shipping is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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