collier

noun

Definition of colliernext
as in steamship

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Recent Examples of collier Sotheby’s will offer Amedeo Modigliani’s Nu assis au collier (Seated Nude with Necklace), 1917, later this month. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 8 June 2026 Holmes elevated her look by wearing nearly $80,000 worth of Arielle Ratner jewels, including the statement diamond Gatsby earrings and the diamond Gatsby collier. — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 21 May 2026 Emory, who lives about a half-hour from the forge, was able to trace her ancestry to Robert Patterson, a free African American with ties to Catoctin who worked as a collier, producing the charcoal used to run furnaces, and who also owned a farm. — Usha Lee McFarling, STAT, 3 Aug. 2023 On the way home, the collier made a stop (some say unplanned) in Barbados for coal. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 27 Feb. 2023 Fog creeping into the cabooses of collier-brigs; fog lying out on the yards and hovering in the rigging of great ships; fog drooping on the gunwales of barges and small boats. — The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collier
  1. steamship
  2. steamer
  3. merchantman
  4. barge
  5. freighter
  6. cutter
  7. tanker
  8. trader
Noun
  • Most reached the region by steamship to Skagway or nearby Dyea, Alaska, before attempting to cross the Coast Mountains via the White Pass or Chilkoot trails.
    — Bailey Berg, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The ferry also stops on Ellis Island, part of the national park, and is famous for processing more than 12 million immigrant steamship passengers through its federal immigration station from 1892 to 1954.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of steamship
Noun
  • For floors, a combination vacuum/floor steamer saves time and cleans well.
    — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Made from lightweight, stretchy nylon and spandex fabric, it can be worn right out of your suitcase without having to break out a steamer.
    — Mariette Williams, Travel + Leisure, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of steamer
Noun
  • The Navy already has ships in the fleet that are former merchantmen.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Jan. 2019
Definition of merchantman
Noun
  • According to Nova, the shipment of equipment left Seattle by barge on August 26 and should arrive at Port MacKenzie, Alaska, in early September.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Each 10-megawatt reactor on a barge can power the equivalent of about 10,000 homes, can be moved via tugboats, and can be stacked alongside each other for extra power generation.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of barge
Noun
  • The ship is similar in size and capacity to the Sanchi, an Iranian ship that collided with a freighter off China in 2018 in the world’s worst oil tanker disaster in decades.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Ground handling and tarmac loading have fully resumed, though flight schedules will require another 24-to-48 hours to clear passenger and freighter backlogs.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of freighter
Noun
  • Bradley left a 1-2 cutter up to Cortes in the second inning that the outfielder hit for a two-run home run.
    — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Using clean hands or a pastry cutter, mash until the butter is fully incorporated and the mixture is coarse and crumbly.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of cutter
Noun
  • With tanker movement through the Strait of Hormuz slowed to a crawl, the price of Brent crude climbed from a prewar close of about $72 a barrel to as high as nearly $120.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Another tanker was struck by an unknown projectile while transiting inbound in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, using the southern lane along the Omani coast, according to the UK Maritime Trade Operations.
    — Anniek Bao,Garrett Downs, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of tanker
Noun
  • The Pomors were seafaring Russian hunters and traders who’d travelled to Svalbard from the White Sea between the 16th and 18th centuries to hunt Arctic wildlife.
    — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The trend kicked off a rush among investors, particularly mom-and-pop traders, to identify potential investments before they were announced, as the correct pick all but guaranteed at least an initial surge and pointed to longer-term upside.
    — Norah Rami, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of trader

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“Collier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collier. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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