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SHIPSIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shipside mean? 

SHIPSIDE (noun)
  The noun SHIPSIDE has 1 sense:

1. the part of a wharf that is next to a shipplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SHIPSIDE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The part of a wharf that is next to a ship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

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

side (a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location)

Holonyms ("shipside" is a part of...):

dock; pier; wharf; wharfage (a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats)


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