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shipling

shipling noun: a small or miniature ship; a boat.

Noun

shipling (plural shiplings)

  1. (diminutive) A small or miniature ship; a boat.

Forms of shipling

pluralshiplings

Origin of shipling

From ship + -ling.

Questions about shipling

What does shipling mean?
Shipling means a small or miniature ship; a boat.
What part of speech is shipling?
Shipling is a noun.
What is the plural of shipling?
The plural of shipling is shiplings.

Words near shipling in the dictionary

  1. shiplier
  2. shipliest
  3. shiplift
  4. shiplifts
  5. shiplike
  6. shipling
  7. shiplings
  8. shipload
  9. shiploader
  10. shiploaders
  11. shiploads

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