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shipboard

shipboard

4.6
Happening on a ship
  • adjective
  • /ˈʃɪpˌbɔrd/
translation icon : a bordo
  • All meals are served in the dining hall as part of the shipboard experience for passengers.

Examples

  • THEY CAN'T DISTINGUISH BETWEEN SHIPBOARD ROMANCE AND THE REAL THING.

    Bon Voyage! (1962)

  • During the voyage, we participated in several shipboard activities, including games and lectures.

  • This gives you a minute to anticipate at the bottom where it hits and you take out your shipboard telescopes.

  • Star date, clock and timer uplinks and downlinks to shipboard, core computer humidity.

  • The Nassau County BOCES Office of Outdoor and Environmental Education has as its usual task the design of educationally based outdoor and environmental programs that range in scope from blacksmithing and outdoor cooking to Project Adventure, shipboard marine biology, and oceanography.

    Academic text (1997)

  • The shipboard environment provided a unique opportunity for students to learn about marine biology firsthand.

Synonyms

on board
vsshipboard
513 1.8

Present on a vehicle like a ship or plane

is used for things happening aboard ships specifically rather than on any vehicle
onboard
vsshipboard
87 3.3

On or in a vehicle such as a plane

refers specifically to things happening aboard a ship rather than on other vehicles
shipborne
vsshipboard
5.6

Carried on a ship or made to be used on a ship

exists or happens aboard a ship rather than being carried

Compounds

shipboard system
  • Specialized
1 6.3

A set of equipment on a military ship that controls navigation or communication

shipboard duty
  • Jargon
7.7

Work by military people on a ship while at sea

Surface Forms

shipboard positive

Morphology

shipboard = ship + board (semi-transparent) = ship + board

The compound is interpretable from its parts, but the board element has a specialized ship-related meaning rather than the ordinary modern sense of a plank.

Etymology

Shipboard comes from the simple joining of ship and board, where board used to mean a flat wooden 'plank' or the ship's side. So shipboard means things that are 'on or happening on the ship', which is why we talk about a shipboard crew or shipboard activities.