EMBARKMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does embarkment mean? 

• EMBARKMENT (noun)
  The noun EMBARKMENT has 1 sense:

1. the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft

  Familiarity information: EMBARKMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EMBARKMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

boarding; embarkation; embarkment

Hypernyms ("embarkment" is a kind of...):

departure; going; going away; leaving (the act of departing)

Derivation:

embark (go on board)