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lightering

/ˈlaɪ.tər.ɪŋ/

/ˈlaɪ.tɚ.ɪŋ/

lighteringnoun

lighterings

Traductions

перегрузка

The lightering of oil from the tanker was completed successfully.

Перегрузка нефти с танкера была успешно завершена.

Traductions supplémentaires

разгрузка

перевалка

Définitions

The process of transferring cargo, especially oil, from one vessel to another, typically to reduce the draft of the larger vessel so it can enter a port.

The tanker underwent lightering to offload some of its oil to a smaller ship before entering the shallow harbor.

Synonymes

lighterage

cargo transfer

lightering service

lightering operation

lighteringgerund / present participle

/ˈlaɪ.tər.ɪŋ/

/ˈlaɪ.tɚ.ɪŋ/

Used attributively, e.g. "lightering operations".

Définitions

Relating to or used in the transferring of cargo from one vessel to another.

The crew inspected the lightering hoses before beginning the lightering operation.

Synonymes

transshipping

offloading

unloading

transferring cargo

cargo transfer

lightering operations

lighternoun

Définitions

A device used to create a flame, typically for lighting cigarettes, cigars, or pipes.

He flicked the lighter to ignite the candle on the table.

A flat-bottomed barge used to load or unload ships in places where they cannot dock.

The cargo was transferred from the ship to the shore using a lighter.

lighteradjective

Définitions

Used attributively before another noun to denote relation to a cigarette lighter or to the fuel or mechanism it uses.

He bought a can of lighter fluid before the camping trip.

lighterverb

lightering

Gerund

lightered

Past Simple

lightered

Past Participle

lightering

Gerund

/ˈlaɪ.tə/

/ˈlaɪ.tɚ/

Transitive verb meaning ‘to convey or unload cargo by means of a lighter (barge)’.

Définitions

To convey or unload (cargo) by means of a lighter barge.

The crew lightered the containers from the ship to the pier.

Synonymes