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shipways

shipways is the plural of shipway.

Meaning of shipway

Noun

shipway (plural shipways)

  1. The sloping dry dock in which a ship is built and from where it is launched.
  2. A navigable waterway large enough for ships.
    • Near-synonym: seaway
    Synonyms:
    seaway

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Questions about shipways

What is shipways the plural of?
Shipways is the plural of shipway.

Words near shipways in the dictionary

  1. Shiptonthorpe
  2. shiptracks
  3. shipward
  4. shipwards
  5. shipway
  6. shipways
  7. shipwide
  8. shipwork
  9. shipworker
  10. shipworkers
  11. shipworks

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