Shipbuilding

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The construction of ships. uncountable

    "Mystic’s maritime history dates to its days as a shipbuilding center, a time well preserved at the Mystic Seaport Museum, the world’s leading and largest of its kind, home to the famed 1800s whaleship, Charles W. Morgan."

  2. 2
    the construction of ships wordnet
  3. 3
    A construction of a ship.

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ship building

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"In 2013, Tom Jackson published a book about the history of shipbuilding."

Etymology

From ship + building.

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