SHIPBUILDING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shipbuilding mean? 

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

1. the construction of ships

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHIPBUILDING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The construction of ships

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

ship building; shipbuilding

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

building; construction (the act of constructing something)

Domain member category:

metacenter; metacentre ((shipbuilding) the point of intersection between two vertical lines, one line through the center of buoyancy of the hull of a ship in equilibrium and the other line through the center of buoyancy of the hull when the ship is inclined to one side; the distance of this intersection above the center of gravity is an indication of the stability of the ship)

metacentric (of or relating to the metacenter)

 Context examples 

Her monstrosities in the way of cattle would have taken prizes at an agricultural fair, and the perilous pitching of her vessels would have produced seasickness in the most nautical observer, if the utter disregard to all known rules of shipbuilding and rigging had not convulsed him with laughter at the first glance.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)