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shipyard

[ship-yahrd]

noun

  1. a yard or enclosure in which ships are built or repaired.



shipyard

/ ˈʃɪˌɑː /

noun

  1. a place or facility for the building, maintenance, and repair of ships

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of shipyard1

First recorded in 1690–1700; ship 1 + yard 2
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At least four officials - three shipyard officials and one senior official - have since been arrested over the incident.

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Months of major repair work took place in dry dock at Cammell Laird shipyard in Merseyside, requiring removal of the ship's engines.

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"All of these institutions gave me a sense of the world beyond the shipyard where I was raised."

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Loft Lines is a three-block apartment development located at Queen's Island in the docks area of the city, on land which used to form part of the Harland and Wolff shipyard.

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The American bombs were discovered on Monday in a shipyard in the Deutz neighbourhood.

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