Definitions for oceangoing

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

o′cean•go`ing(adj.)

or o′cean-go`ing

  1. (of a ship) designed and equipped to travel on the open sea.

    Category: Common Vocabulary, Navy

  2. noting or pertaining to sea transportation:

    oceangoing traffic.

    Category: Common Vocabulary, Navy

Origin of oceangoing:

1880–85

Princeton's WordNet

  1. oceangoing, seafaring, seagoing(adj)

    used on the high seas

    "seafaring vessels"

Wiktionary

  1. oceangoing(Adjective)

    designed for use on ocean voyages


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