Shop on board ship provides ice-cream portions? (6)
I believe the answer is:
scoops
'ice-cream portions?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'shop on board ship' is the wordplay.
'shop' becomes 'coop' (short for The Co-operative Group).
'on board' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters are taken on board).
'ship' becomes 'SS' (prefix in ship names eg SS Great Britain).
'coop' going within 'ss' is 'SCOOPS'.
'provides' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scoops that I've seen before include "Exclusive news stories" , "Shovel-like utensils" , "First news discoveries - journalists seek them" , "News items published by paper before others" , "'Stories obtained, by a newspaper say, before others (6)'" .)