Iron is used in shipbuilding.
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Shipbuilding
Synonyms for "shipbuilding" (1 found)
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33 translations across 26 languages.
Basque
1 entries- itsasontzigintza noun (construction of ships)
Bulgarian
2 entries- кораблестрое́не noun (construction of ships)
- корабостроителство noun (construction of ships)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 造船 noun (construction of ships)
Czech
1 entries- loďařství noun (construction of ships)
Danish
2 entries- skibsbyggeri noun (construction of ships)
- skibsbygning noun (construction of ships)
Estonian
1 entries- laevaehitus noun (construction of ships)
Finnish
1 entries- laivanrakennus noun (construction of ships)
French
1 entries- construction navale noun (construction of ships)
German
2 entries- Schiffbau noun (construction of ships)
- Schiffsbau noun (construction of ships)
Hungarian
2 entries- hajógyártás noun (construction of ships)
- hajóépítés noun (construction of ships)
Icelandic
1 entries- skipasmíði noun (construction of ships)
Irish
1 entries- saoirseacht loinge noun (construction of ships)
Italian
1 entries- ingegneria navale noun (construction of ships)
Japanese
1 entries- 造船 noun (construction of ships)
Korean
1 entries- 조선 noun (construction of ships)
Latvian
1 entries- kuģubūve noun (construction of ships)
Macedonian
1 entries- бродоградба noun (construction of ships)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- skipsbygging noun (construction of ships)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- skipsbygging noun (construction of ships)
Polish
1 entries- okrętownictwo noun (construction of ships)
Russian
2 entries- кораблестрое́ние noun (construction of ships)
- судострое́ние noun (construction of ships)
Spanish
2 entries- construcción de barcos noun (construction of ships)
- construcción naval noun (construction of ships)
Swedish
1 entries- skeppsbyggnad noun (construction of ships)
Ukrainian
2 entries- кораблебудува́ння noun (construction of ships)
- суднобудува́ння noun (construction of ships)
Vietnamese
1 entries- nghề đóng tàu noun (construction of ships)
Yiddish
1 entries- שיפֿבױערײַ noun (construction of ships)
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In 2013, Tom Jackson published a book about the history of shipbuilding.
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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.
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