shipbuilding
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- noun
- /ˈʃɪpˌbɪldɪŋ/
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construcción naval
- I waited until I flew to Virginia to meet with Newport News Shipbuilding's purchasing agent.
- shipbuilding industry
- steel shipbuilding
- shipbuilding plant
He said that he would take Thomas's Guide to Practical Shipbuilding.
- He said that he would take Thomas's Guide to Practical Shipbuilding.
- Well, at least it saved the US shipbuilding industry, right?
- And so they just manufactured drones better and cheaper and at scale that we just can't compete with shipbuilding.
Examples
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The local economy thrives thanks to shipbuilding, with many families relying on jobs in the shipyards.
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This is the best time to be starting in shipbuilding.
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And he learned shipbuilding there as well.
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But just now, commercial shipbuilding does not exist.
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Well, at least it saved the US shipbuilding industry, right?
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How did you get in the shipbuilding business, Gavin?
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Baltimore was then the third-largest U.S. city and a shipbuilding center.
Fiction book (1999) -
Beginning in the 16th century, Irish trees provided ample material for their shipbuilding industry, barrel making, and charcoal.
Fiction book (2001) -
Large timbers for shipbuilding were imported from Lebanon, but this was a very expensive enterprise.
Academic text (2007) -
Our shipbuilding industry tries desperately... to meet the challenge, but faces a tragic contest... between launchings and sinkings.
Synonyms
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Businesses that build ships
The process of making large boats like cargo ships or ferries
Compounds
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Surface Forms
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Etymology
The word shipbuilding is simply the combination of ship and building, which you can remember as 'making ships'. Think of people who build houses but for boats, and that is why shipbuilding means the industry of designing and constructing ships.