shipyard

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˈʃɪˌpjɑrd/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    A place where ships are built, repaired, or dismantled; a facility equipped with docks, slipways, and workshops for the construction and maintenance of vessels.; An area along a waterfront where ships are stored, laid up, or broken up for scrap.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: shipyards

Collocations

naval shipyardshipyard workershipyard industryshipyard craneat the shipyard

Synonyms

dockyardboatyardshipbuilding yarddry dock

Commonly confused

dockyard
EN: 'Dockyard' often emphasizes the docking and repair of ships, while 'shipyard' emphasizes the construction and building of ships, though the terms overlap significantly.

Spelling tips

EN: Write as one word 'shipyard', not two words 'ship yard'. It is a closed compound noun.

💬 Examples

  1. The new aircraft carrier was constructed at a naval shipyard in Virginia.

  2. The old cargo vessel was towed to the shipyard to be broken up for scrap metal.