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boatbuilding

boatbuilding

3.5
Relating to making or designing boats
  • adjective
  • /ˈboʊtˌbɪldɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : de construcción de barcos
  • Traditional boatbuilding methods are still used in some coastal villages.

Examples

  • He attended a boatbuilding workshop to learn how to craft wooden canoes.

  • The museum features a display of boatbuilding tools from the nineteenth century.

  • The boatbuilding industry is thriving in Maine.

  • I admire boatbuilding as a traditional craft.

  • He attended a boatbuilding workshop to learn how to craft wooden canoes.

  • Traditional boatbuilding methods are still used in some coastal villages.

  • The boatbuilding industry is thriving in Maine.

Surface Forms

boatbuilding positive

Morphology

boatbuilding = boat + building (transparent) = boat + build + ing

The sense is a straightforward compound meaning 'building boats' or relating to that activity.

Etymology

Boatbuilding as an adjective comes from the same parts, boat and building. Because it names the work of 'making' boats, boatbuilding describes tools, ways, or plans used in making boats.