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shipowning

shipowning adjective: owning a ship.

Adjective

shipowning (not comparable)

  1. Owning a ship.
    • a London shipowning family

Noun

shipowning (uncountable)

  1. Ownership of a ship or ships.
    • English shipowning during the Industrial Revolution

Origin of shipowning

From ship + owning.

Questions about shipowning

What does shipowning mean?
Shipowning means owning a ship.
What part of speech is shipowning?
Shipowning can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near shipowning in the dictionary

  1. shipovas
  2. shipowner
  3. shipowners
  4. shipowners' club
  5. shipowners' clubs
  6. shipowning
  7. shipp
  8. shippability
  9. shippable
  10. shippables
  11. Shippagan

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