naval shipyard
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- noun
- /ˈneɪvəl ˈʃɪpˌjɑrd/
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astillero naval
- The Portuguese Crown, attracted by the abundance of ship timber, located one of its three Brazilian naval shipyards in Belem, which rapidly became the largest-scale industrial enterprise in the Amazon, with a workforce of 370 as early as 1771.
This will be a national effort and a major part of this rebuilding will be the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
- This will be a national effort and a major part of this rebuilding will be the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
Examples
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Not all of them go to the top of a building in Tokyo and make home movies of the harbor and naval shipyards.
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The naval shipyard is responsible for maintaining and repairing the navy's fleet of ships.
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During World War II, many new battleships were built at the naval shipyard for the US Navy.
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Workers at the naval shipyard apply specialized skills to ensure military vessels are ready for deployment.
Synonyms
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A place where ships are built or repaired
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A place by the water where people build and fix ships
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A place where the military builds and fixes ships
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Morphology
The meaning 'a shipyard operated by the navy' is directly compositional: 'naval' (relating to the navy) modifies 'shipyard' (a place where ships are built or repaired), so the combined sense is predictable. This adjective + noun pattern is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The compound noun naval shipyard comes from the two words naval and shipyard and means a shipyard used by the 'navy'. Imagine a busy dock with cranes, workers and sailors building and fixing big military ships, so the phrase means a place for building and repairing 'military' ships.