Tramp Steamer

  

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Tramp Steamer

Definition: Tramp Steamer

Tramp Steamer

Noun

1. A commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Tramp Steamer

DomainDefinition

Economics

A vessel which does not operate under any regular schedule from one port to another, but calls at any port where cargo may be obtained and charges a negotiated amount of freight. Usually they transport breakbulk or bulk cargo. (references)

Transportation

A ship not making regular trips between the same ports but taking a cargo when and where it offers and to any port. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Tramp Steamer

Synonym: tramp (n). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Tramp Steamer

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

On a Tramp Steamer (1911)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Tramp Steamer

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

tramp steamer

12
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Tramp Steamer

Language Translations for "tramp steamer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

trampskib (tramp, tramp ship). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

tramp (tramp, tramp ship), widde vaart schip (tramp, tramp ship). (various references)

   

French

  

tramp (tramp). (various references)

   

German

  

Trampschiff (tramp, tramp ship), Tramp (tramp). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ελεύθερο φορτηγό πλοίο (tramp, tramp ship). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szabadhajózást űző teherhajó, alkalmi teherhajó. (various references)

   

Italian

  

nave da carico non avente linee regolari (tramp, tramp ship), carretta (cart). (various references)

   

Manx

  

lhong hraghtee (freighter). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

amptray eamerstay

   

Spanish

  

tramp (tramp, tramp ship). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Tramp Steamer

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-m-m-p-r-r-s-t-t"

-2 letters: parameters.

-3 letters: attempers, parameter, patterers, pretreats, smatterer, stammerer, tamperers, teammates, tetramers.

-4 letters: ammeters, amreetas, asperate, attemper, metamers, patterer, peartest, pretaste, pretreat, ramparts, rattraps, remaster, retreats, seatmate, separate, stearate, stemmata, streamer, tamperer, taperers, teammate, teamster, temperas, tempters, tetramer, trampers, treaters.

-5 letters: aerates, ammeter, amperes, amreeta, armrest, erratas, estreat, marrams, matters, metamer, metates, metepas, patters, pearter.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Tramp Steamer


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 72 61 6D 70      53 74 65 61 6D 65 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01110010 01100001 01101101 01110000 00100000 01010011 01110100 01100101 01100001 01101101 01100101 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#114 &#97 &#109 &#112 &#32 &#83 &#116 &#101 &#97 &#109 &#101 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0072 0061 006D 0070      0053 0074 0065 0061 006D 0065 0072

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5484677982253867167797184

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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