Shipbuilding

Common synonyms include: constructional, economic, industrial, marine construction, maritime fabrication, naval.

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

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

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

From ship + building.