shipbuilding

See also: ship-building

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Etymology

From ship +‎ building.

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Noun

shipbuilding (plural shipbuildings)

  1. (uncountable, nautical) The construction of ships.
    • 2017 April 2, Tara Donaldson, “5 quiet U.S. coastal towns that offer a seaside escape”, in CNN‎[1]:
      Mystic’s maritime history dates to its days as a shipbuilding center, a time well preserved at the Mystic Seaport Museum, the world’s leading and largest of its kind, home to the famed 1800s whaleship, Charles W. Morgan.
  2. A construction of a ship.

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