cruise ship

noun

a passenger ship built or used for pleasure cruises, usually taking passengers on an extended cruise with occasional calls in various places of interest.

Origin

1715-25

Can be confused

barge, boat, canoe, cruise ship, sailboat, ship, yacht.

Examples from the web for cruise ship

As mighty as glaciers look from the deck of a cruise ship, they are surprisingly fragile.
Think of a ragtop as nothing more elaborate than an upgraded stateroom, with a balcony, on a cruise ship.
There it is, outsized and gleaming, moored offshore and looking straight at you: a cruise ship.
In a single day the anchor of a cruise ship can destroy an area of coral reef half the size of a football pitch.
It took some time to talk my way onto what was said to be a cruise ship as a maintenance hand.
cruise ship travel allows you to relax for your entire vacation.
Once you board the cruise ship, getting to and from ports of call is typically a pleasure.
Next time take a cruise ship guys, and count your blessings.
Communicating from or with a cruise ship has become easier than ever, but it's still rife with opportunities to pay too much.
cruise ship cabins run the gamut from inside staterooms with no windows to multi-room suites.