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shiplift

shiplift is the alternative form of ship lift.

Meaning of ship lift

Noun

ship lift (plural ship lifts)

  1. A device consisting of a structural platform which can be used to launch ships by lowering them into the water, or to lift them into dry dock.

Forms of shiplift

pluralshiplifts

Questions about shiplift

What is shiplift the alternative form of?
Shiplift is the alternative form of ship lift.

Words near shiplift in the dictionary

  1. shiplet
  2. shiplets
  3. Shipley
  4. shiplier
  5. shipliest
  6. shiplift
  7. shiplifts
  8. shiplike
  9. shipling
  10. shiplings
  11. shipload

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