shipbuilder
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈʃɪpˌbɪldər/
:
constructor de barcos
- In his workshop, the young shipbuilder carefully designed a model of a sailing yacht.
- shipbuilder built
- Italian shipbuilder
- master shipbuilder
Examples
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Launched in 1913 as the Lanai by shipbuilders Harland and Wolff for Singapore Pacific Steamship Lines, her tonnage grossed out at 10,758.
Fiction book (1998) -
He is known as the most skilled shipbuilder in the region, specializing in crafting wooden vessels.
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Your grandfather was a shipbuilder from Galway.
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Her father, a shipbuilder and lieutenant governor of the state, had cast the deciding vote against secession when the Civil War broke out.
Academic text (1993) -
And our master shipbuilder, Mr. Andrews here designed her from the keel plates up.
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Not only were the Vikings master shipbuilders and sailors; they were exceptional navigators as well.
Fiction book (2002) -
Shipbuilders have become virtual wards of the state, surviving principally on the Japanese market, in which purchases are funded by the JDB.
Academic text (1993) -
The shipbuilder completed the new cargo ship ahead of schedule and under budget.
Synonyms
2
8.6
A person who builds and repairs ships, often wooden ones
1
9.3
A worker who makes and repairs metal parts on ships
A person who builds ships, often using wood
A person who draws full-size ship shapes on the workshop floor for builders
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Shipbuilder is simply the English words ship and builder, where ship means 'boat' and builder means someone who 'builds'. So a shipbuilder is a person or company that makes, repairs, or designs ships.