shipbuilding industry
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- noun
- /ˈʃɪpˌbɪldɪŋ ˈɪndəstri/
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industria de la construcción naval
- Innovations in technology are transforming the shipbuilding industry, making construction faster and more efficient.
- the Finnish shipbuilding industry
Well, at least it saved the US shipbuilding industry, right?
- Well, at least it saved the US shipbuilding industry, right?
Examples
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The shipbuilding industry in our city has created thousands of jobs for local workers.
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The consolidation of the Finnish shipbuilding industry continued in a direction that was even more beneficial to I.V.S.
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Nearly everything is transparent; that's common in our shipbuilding industry.
Blog text (25) -
Beginning in the 16th century, Irish trees provided ample material for their shipbuilding industry, barrel making, and charcoal.
Fiction book (2001) -
Our shipbuilding industry tries desperately... to meet the challenge, but faces a tragic contest... between launchings and sinkings.
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The extension of German-Finnish cooperation to the 99-ton boat resulted from another merger in the Finnish shipbuilding industry.
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For their Lordships, I daresay there are lucrative second careers and consultancies to be had in the shipbuilding industry, too.
Blog text (20) -
Colonial illustrations show that the meeting of European and indigenous traditions of marine design had led to the growth of a shipbuilding industry of remarkable sophistication before the end of the eighteenth century.
Academic text (2001) -
To some extent, the development of the shipbuilding industry, which includes aircraft carriers, could also play a role in stimulating domestic demand, promoting employment, and alleviating economic contradictions.
Blog text (29) -
They point not to the strength of the company's offer, the fact that CV was a Finnish firm, nor I.v.S.'s preponderance in the Finnish shipbuilding industry.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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A business that designs and makes ships to carry people or goods
The process of making large boats like cargo ships or ferries
How Large
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is fully compositional: 'shipbuilding' (the construction of ships) modifies 'industry' (a sector producing goods or services), so the meaning 'the sector concerned with constructing ships' is directly derivable from the parts. This straightforward modifier–head noun combination is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would understand the MWE.
Etymology
The noun shipbuilding industry comes from the simple combination of ship and building, referring to the business that makes ships. That's why it means 'the industry concerned with the construction of ships'.