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shipbuilder

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ship·build·ing  (shpbldng)
n.
The art or business of designing and constructing ships.

shipbuilder n.

shipbuilder [ˈʃɪpˌbɪldə]
n
(Business / Professions) (Transport / Nautical Terms) a person or business engaged in the building of ships
shipbuilding  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.shipbuildershipbuilder - a carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels
wright - someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in combination)
2.shipbuilder - a person who builds ships as a business
constructor, builder - someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building)
3.shipbuilder - a business that builds and repairs ships
business, business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern - a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it; "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern"
shipbuilding industry - an industry that builds ships
Translations
shipbuilder [ˈʃɪpˌbɪldəʳ] Nconstructor(a) m/f de buques
shipbuilder [ˈʃɪpbɪldər] nconstructeur/trice m/f de navires
shipbuilder [ˈʃɪpˌbɪldəʳ] ncostruttore m navale
shipbuilder [ˈʃɪpˌbɪldəʳ] ncostruttore m navale


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Dantes led the owner of the yacht to the dwelling of a Jew; retired with the latter for a few minutes to a small back parlor, and upon their return the Jew counted out to the shipbuilder the sum of sixty thousand francs in bright gold pieces.
Watson, who had acquired a little knowledge, had become a shipbuilder.
Go to Argus, the shipbuilder, and bid him build a galley with fifty oars.
 
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