From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsupply ship/convoy/route etcsupply ship/convoy/route etcTTKEEP/STOREa ship etc used for bringing or storing supplies → supply
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supply ship/convoy/route etc• This time Dennis claimed hits on a destroyer while Osborne inflicted damage on a supply ship.• An Axis supply convoy was now spotted by a Maryland, and on 7 May an attack was laid on.• At other times, they waged an incessant guerrilla war, attacking isolated Roman garrisons, ambushing caravans, cutting supply routes.• From the summit there is a view of the Roman supply route, Dere Street.• Mr Mobutu had cut the supply route after a dispute with Mr Savimbi.• None of the supply routes go close to the point where Sunderby's aircraft ditched.• The bases and the well-traveled supply routes that kept them run-ning were as obvious as Nui Ba Den. 