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shipbreaking

shipbreaking noun: the breaking up of a ship for scrap recycling.

Noun

shipbreaking (uncountable)

  1. The breaking up of a ship for scrap recycling.

Origin of shipbreaking

From ship + breaking.

Questions about shipbreaking

What does shipbreaking mean?
Shipbreaking means the breaking up of a ship for scrap recycling.
What part of speech is shipbreaking?
Shipbreaking is a noun.

Words near shipbreaking in the dictionary

  1. Shipbourne
  2. shipboy
  3. shipboys
  4. shipbreaker
  5. shipbreakers
  6. shipbreaking
  7. shipbroken
  8. shipbroker
  9. shipbrokers
  10. shipbroking
  11. shipbuilder

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