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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The sloping dry dock in which a ship is built and from where it is launched.
2. 2
   a canal large enough for seagoing vessels wordnet
3. 3
   A navigable waterway large enough for ships.

   "Near-synonym: seaway"

4. 4
   structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms

seawayship canalship canalslipwaywaysways

Etymology

From ship + way.

Related phrases

dry dock

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