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groundway

groundway noun: in shipbuilding, a substantial foundation of wood or stone for the blocks on which a vessel is built.

Noun

groundway (plural groundways)

  1. In shipbuilding, a substantial foundation of wood or stone for the blocks on which a vessel is built.

Forms of groundway

pluralgroundways

Origin of groundway

From Middle English *groundway, from Old English grundwæġ (“earth, world”).

Questions about groundway

What does groundway mean?
Groundway means in shipbuilding, a substantial foundation of wood or stone for the blocks on which a vessel is built.
What part of speech is groundway?
Groundway is a noun.
What is the plural of groundway?
The plural of groundway is groundways.

Words near groundway in the dictionary

  1. groundwaters
  2. groundwatershed
  3. groundwatersheds
  4. groundwave
  5. groundwaves
  6. groundway
  7. groundways
  8. groundwood
  9. groundwoods
  10. groundwork
  11. groundworker

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