shipyard

[ ship-yahrd ]

noun

1. a yard or enclosure in which ships are built or repaired.

shipyard

/ ˈʃɪpˌjɑːd /

noun

1. a place or facility for the building, maintenance, and repair of ships

Word History and Origins

Origin of shipyard¹

First recorded in 1690–1700; ship ¹ + yard ²

Example Sentences

Our chairman is over visiting the shipyards we’re all of our ships are being built this week.

From Time

It was apparent that Musk was not building a ship, he was building a shipyard.

From Nautilus

That’s what the trade union Solidarity did, drawing its initial strength from protests by shipyard workers in Gdansk before growing into a national phenomenon with 10 million members within a year.

From Ozy

Namely, community representatives and environmental justice advocates wanted to adopt zoning in an area just North of Harbor Drive that could act as a buffer between the shipyard along the water, and the more residential area to the north and east.

From Voice of San Diego

Gómez grew up in Barrio Logan, an area plagued by industrial air pollution from the highways that roll through the neighborhood and the shipyards that flank it.

From Voice of San Diego

Farrell issued a ticket to an 18-year-old shipyard worker for speeding and an improper exhaust mechanism, according to the TP.

From The Daily Beast

Now Sting gets his turn, with this musical that he based on his own experiences growing up near a shipyard.

From The Daily Beast

His boss suggested he should, but Tam apparently held other views, went into a shipyard and was "badged and reserved."

From Project Gutenberg

It was a great pleasure for the young Consul to go his morning round in the shipyard with Mr. Robson.

From Project Gutenberg

Guinayangan also boasts a shipyard, which is nothing more than a rough shed, the implements being most primitive in construction.

From Project Gutenberg

Two-and-twenty years ago, Sandy McGregor worked as a day-laborer in a shipyard, at three and sixpence per day.

From Project Gutenberg

At the time the war broke out, there was hardly a shipyard in the confines of the Confederacy.

From Project Gutenberg