Ship vs. Bulkhead: What's the Difference?

Ship and Bulkhead Definitions
Ship
A vessel of considerable size for deep-water navigation.
Bulkhead
One of the upright partitions dividing a ship into compartments and serving to add structural rigidity and to prevent the spread of leakage or fire.
Ship
A sailing vessel having three or more square-rigged masts.
Bulkhead
A partition or wall serving a similar purpose in a vehicle, such as an aircraft or spacecraft.
Ship
An aircraft or spacecraft.
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Bulkhead
A wall or an embankment, as in a mine or along a waterfront, that acts as a protective barrier.
Ship
The crew of one of these vessels.
Bulkhead
Chiefly New England A horizontal or sloping structure on the outside of a building, providing access to a cellar stairway.
Ship
One's fortune
When my ship comes in, I'll move to a larger house.
Bulkhead
(nautical) A vertical partition dividing the hull into separate compartments; often made watertight to prevent excessive flooding if the ship's hull is breached.
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Ship
To place or receive on board a ship
Shipped the cargo in the hold.
Bulkhead
A similar partition in an aircraft or spacecraft.
Ship
To cause to be transported; send.
Bulkhead
Mechanically, a partition or panel through which connectors pass, or a connector designed to pass through a partition.
Ship
(nautical) A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
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Bulkhead
A pressure-resistant sealed barrier to any fluid in a large structure.
Ship
A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.
Bulkhead
A retaining wall along a waterfront.
Ship
A spaceship (the type of pattern in a cellular automaton).
Bulkhead
A partition in a vessel, to separate apartments on the same deck.
Ship
A sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts.
Bulkhead
A structure of wood or stone, to resist the pressure of earth or water; a partition wall or structure, as in a mine; the limiting wall along a water front.
Ship
A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
Bulkhead
A partition that divides a ship or plane into compartments
Ship
(cartomancy) The third card of the Lenormand deck.
Ship
(dated) An aircraft.
Ship
(fandom) A fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional, especially one explored in fan fiction.
Ship
(transitive) To send by water-borne transport.
Ship
(transitive) To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).
To ship freight by railroad
Ship
(ambitransitive) To release a product (not necessarily physical) to vendors or customers; to launch.
Our next issue ships early next year.
It compiles? Ship it!
Ship
(ambitransitive) To engage to serve on board a vessel.
To ship seamen
I shipped on a man-of-war.
Ship
(intransitive) To embark on a ship.
Ship
To put or secure in its place.
To ship the tiller or rudder
Ship
(transitive) To take in (water) over the sides of a vessel.
We were shipping so much water I was sure we would capsize.
Ship
Leave, depart, scram.
Ship
To pass (from one person to another).
Can you ship me the ketchup?
Ship
To go all in.
Ship
(sports) To trade or send a player to another team.
Twins ship Delmon Young to Tigers.
Ship
(rugby) To bungle a kick and give the opposing team possession.
Ship
(fandom) To support or approve of a fictional romantic relationship between two characters, typically in fan fiction or other fandom contexts.
I ship Kirk and Spock in “Star Trek”.
I ship Peggy and Angie in “Marvel's Agent Carter”.
Ship
Pay; reward.
In withholding or abridging of the ship or the hire or the wages of servants.
Ship
Any large seagoing vessel.
Like a stately ship . . . With all her bravery on, and tackle trim,Sails filled, and streamers waving.
Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State!
Ship
Specifically, a vessel furnished with a bowsprit and three masts (a mainmast, a foremast, and a mizzenmast), each of which is composed of a lower mast, a topmast, and a topgallant mast, and square-rigged on all masts. See Illustation in Appendix.
Ship
A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
Ship
To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water.
The timber was . . . shipped in the bay of Attalia, from whence it was by sea transported to Pelusium.
Ship
By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to ship freight by railroad.
Ship
Hence, to send away; to get rid of.
Ship
To engage or secure for service on board of a ship; as, to ship seamen.
Ship
To receive on board ship; as, to ship a sea.
Ship
To put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder.
Ship
To engage to serve on board of a vessel; as, to ship on a man-of-war.
Ship
To embark on a ship.
Ship
A vessel that carries passengers or freight
Ship
Transport commercially
Ship
Hire for work on a ship
Ship
Go on board
Ship
Travel by ship
Ship
Place on board a ship;
Ship the cargo in the hold of the vessel