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shipbuilding

shipbuilding noun: the construction of ships.

shipbuilding: the construction of ships
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Noun

shipbuilding (plural shipbuildings)

  1. (uncountable) The construction of ships.
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  2. A construction of a ship.

shipbuilding meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

shipbuilding in Hindi

जहाज निर्माण, जहाज़ निर्माण, पोत निर्माण

shipbuilding in Tamil

கப்பல் கட்டுதல், கப்பல் கட்டுமானம், கப்பல் கட்டும் பணி

shipbuilding in Marathi

जहाजबांधणी

shipbuilding in Urdu

جہاز سازی, بحری جہاز سازی
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shipbuilding in Bengali
জাহাজ নির্মাণ
shipbuilding in Telugu
నౌక నిర్మాణం, నౌకానిర్మాణం, నౌక నిర్మాణము
shipbuilding in Malayalam
കപ്പൽ നിർമ്മാണം, കപ്പൽനിർമ്മാണം, കപ്പൽ നിർമാണം
shipbuilding in Punjabi
ਜਹਾਜ਼ ਨਿਰਮਾਣ, ਸਮੁੰਦਰੀ ਜਹਾਜ਼ ਨਿਰਮਾਣ
shipbuilding in Gujarati
જહાજ નિર્માણ, વહાણ નિર્માણ
shipbuilding in Vietnamese
nghề đóng tàu

Forms of shipbuilding

pluralshipbuildings
alternative formship-building

Origin of shipbuilding

From ship + building.

Questions about shipbuilding

What does shipbuilding mean?
Shipbuilding means the construction of ships.
What is shipbuilding in Hindi?
Shipbuilding in Hindi is जहाज निर्माण, जहाज़ निर्माण, पोत निर्माण. See Shipbuilding meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is shipbuilding?
Shipbuilding is a noun.
What is the plural of shipbuilding?
The plural of shipbuilding is shipbuildings.

Words near shipbuilding in the dictionary

  1. shipbroker
  2. shipbrokers
  3. shipbroking
  4. shipbuilder
  5. shipbuilders
  6. shipbuilding
  7. shipbuildings
  8. shipcarver
  9. shipcarvers
  10. shipcarving
  11. shipcarvings

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: shipbuilding (page history and authors); shipbuilding (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shipbuilding (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shipbuilding (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shipbuilding (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shipbuilding (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shipbuilding (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shipbuilding (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shipbuilding (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shipbuilding (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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