English-Thai Dictionary

lighter

N คน หรือ เครื่อง จุดไฟ  kon-rue-krueng-jud-fai

 

lighter

N เรือขนส่งสินค้า จาก เรือ ใหญ่ (ใช้ ใน ระยะทาง สั้นๆ  ที่ ตื้นเขิน  barge vessel ruea-kon-song-sin-ka-jak-ruea-yai

 

lighter

N ไฟแช็ก  fai-cheak

 

lighter

VI ขนส่ง ด้วย เรือ  kon-song-duai-ruea

 

lighter

VT ขนส่ง ด้วย เรือ  kon-song-duai-ruea

 

lighterage

N การ ใช้ เรือขนส่งสินค้า ระยะสั้น จาก เรือ ใหญ่  ค่า ขนส่งสินค้า ระยะสั้น จาก เรือ ใหญ่ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LIGHTER

n.li'ter. 1. One that lights; as a lighter of lamps.
2. A large open flat-bottomed boat, used in loading and unloading ships.

 

LIGHTERMAN

n.li'terman. A man who manages a lighter; a boatman.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LIGHTER

LIGHTER Light "er, n.

 

Defn: One who, or that which, lights; as, a lighter of lamps.

 

LIGHTER

Light "er, n. Etym: [D. ligter, fr. ligt light. See Light not heavy. ](Naut. )

 

Defn: A large boat or barge, mainly, used in unloading or loading vessels which can not reach the wharves at the place of shipment or delivery. Lighter screw (Mach. ), a screw for adjusting the distance between the stones in a grinding mill by raising or lowering the bridgetree.

 

LIGHTER

LIGHTER Light "er, v. t.

 

Defn: To convey by a lighter, as to or from the shore; as, to lighter the cargo of a ship.

 

LIGHTERAGE

LIGHTERAGE Light "er *age, n.

 

1. The price paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter.

 

2. The act of unloading into a lighter, or of conveying by a lighter.

 

LIGHTERMAN

Light "er *man, n.; pl. Lightermen (.

 

Defn: A person employed on, or who manages, a lighter.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

lighter

light er 1 |ˈlītər ˈlaɪdər | ▶noun a device that produces a small flame, typically used to light cigarettes.

 

lighter

light er 2 |ˈlaɪdər ˈlītər | ▶noun a flat-bottomed barge or other unpowered boat used to transfer cargo to and from ships in harbor. ▶verb [ with obj. ] transport (goods ) in a lighter: they lightered their cargo ashore. DERIVATIVES light er man |-mən |noun ( pl. lightermen ) ORIGIN late Middle English: from light 2 (in the sense ‘unload ’), or from Middle Low German luchter.

 

lighterage

light er age |ˈlītərij ˈlaɪdərɪʤ | ▶noun the transfer of cargo by means of a lighter; the charge levied for such transfer.

 

lighter-than-air

light er-than-air ▶adjective [ attrib. ] relating to or denoting a balloon or other aircraft weighing less than the air it displaces, and so flying as a result of its own buoyancy.

 

Oxford Dictionary

lighter

lighter 1 |ˈlʌɪtə | ▶noun a device that produces a small flame, used to light cigarettes.

 

lighter

lighter 2 |ˈlʌɪtə | ▶noun a flat-bottomed barge or other unpowered boat used to transfer goods to and from ships in harbour. DERIVATIVES lighterman noun ( pl. lightermen ) ORIGIN late Middle English: from light 2 (in the sense ‘unload ’), or from Middle Low German luchter.

 

lighterage

light ¦er |age |ˈlʌɪt (ə )rɪdʒ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the transference of cargo by means of a lighter.

 

lighter-than-air

lighter-than-air ▶adjective relating to or denoting a balloon or other aircraft weighing less than the air it displaces, and so flying as a result of its own buoyancy.

 

Spanish Dictionary

lighter

lighter nombre masculino Pan Utensilio para encender una materia combustible; funciona con gas o gasolina y produce una llama o una chispa .SINÓNIMO encendedor .Se pronuncia aproximadamente ‘láiter ’.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

lighter

l í ght er 1 名詞 C 火をつける人 [物 ]; (タバコの )ライター .

 

lighter

light er 2 名詞 C はしけ .