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shipbuilder

[ ship-bil-der ]

noun

  1. a person whose occupation is the designing or constructing of ship.
  2. a commercial firm for building ships.


shipbuilder

/ ˈʃɪpˌbɪldə /

noun

  1. a person or business engaged in the building of ships
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈshipˌbuilding, noun
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Other Words From

  • shipbuilding noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of shipbuilder1

First recorded in 1690–1700; ship 1 + builder
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Example Sentences

Suffice it to say, the sleeker galleon was ironically anachronistic, with the focus of shipbuilders once again shifting to the bigger warships with broadside artillery platforms.

The city last year passed a virtually identical plan with support from the shipbuilders, and silence from the business community.

One of Alvarez’s clients was Austal USA, a shipbuilder, who he lobbied the Port of San Diego to let open a shipyard just south of Barrio Logan, in National City.

Her first guess was that it was coming from VT Halter Marine, a shipbuilder located 800 feet away that was undergoing repairs to fix damage from Hurricane Katrina.

It had issued operating permits to the shipbuilder and a dozen other major industrial facilities nearby, including a huge Chevron oil refinery and a chemical plant.

His last novel, Waterline was the story of a one-time shipbuilder in the Glasgow yards, now broken by loss.

They disparage his trip to a Navy shipbuilder as a “road show.”

But there is also an incorporeal cause, likewise a ship, viz., the ship in the mind of the shipbuilder.

In Bible history the same term has been employed to personify the tradition of the first shipbuilder, Noah.

Constantine, the younger son of Clemens the shipbuilder, had been her brothers' companion and closest friend.

He found the trees, but they were in such inaccessible ravines that the shipbuilder declared it was impossible to get them.

It was a fortunate day for our nation when the plans of Mr. Humphreys, a shipbuilder of Philadelphia, were accepted.

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