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shipwards

shipwards adverb: towards a ship.

Adverb

shipwards (not comparable)

  1. Towards a ship.
    • But the boat was afloat, and with a hearty shove on the part of the navy and some hearty thanks on ours we were sent flying shipwards.1929, Blackwood's Magazine

Origin of shipwards

From ship + -wards.

Questions about shipwards

What does shipwards mean?
Shipwards means towards a ship.
What part of speech is shipwards?
Shipwards is an adverb.

Words near shipwards in the dictionary

  1. Shipton-under-Wychwood
  2. Shiptons
  3. Shiptonthorpe
  4. shiptracks
  5. shipward
  6. shipwards
  7. shipway
  8. shipways
  9. shipwide
  10. shipwork
  11. shipworker

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