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shipyards

shipyards is the plural of shipyard.

Meaning of shipyard

Noun

shipyard (plural shipyards)

  1. A place where ships are built and repaired.
    • To my mind, it appears obvious in the context of total shipwork, the private shipyards are doing very well indeed. It is true that with the dwindling size of the Navy, there will be less repair work.1974, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations, Department of Defense Appropriations for 1975: Hearings..., page 320

Questions about shipyards

What is shipyards the plural of?
Shipyards is the plural of shipyard.

Words near shipyards in the dictionary

  1. shipwrightery
  2. shipwrighting
  3. shipwrightry
  4. shipwrights
  5. shipyard
  6. shipyards
  7. shiqdar
  8. shiqdars
  9. Shiqi
  10. Shiqian
  11. Shiquan

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