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ship·build·ing

 (shĭp′bĭl′dĭng)
n.
The art or business of designing and constructing ships.

ship′build′er n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.shipbuilding - the construction of shipsshipbuilding - the construction of ships    
construction, building - the act of constructing something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats"
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
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Translations
بِنَاءُ السُّفُنبِناء السُّفُن
loďařstvístavba lodí
skibsbyggeri
laivanrakennus
brodogradnja
hajóépítés
skipasmíîi
造船
조선
stavba lodí
skeppsbyggnad
การต่อเรือ
ngành đóng tàu

shipbuilding

[ˈʃɪpˌbɪldɪŋ] Nconstrucción f marina
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shipbuilding

[ˈʃɪpbɪldɪŋ] nconstruction f navaleship canal ncanal m maritimeship chandler nfournisseur m maritime, shipchandler m
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shipbuilding

[ˈʃɪpˌbɪldɪŋ] ncostruzione f navale
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ship

(ʃip) noun
1. a large boat. The ship sank and all the passengers and crew were drowned.
2. any of certain types of transport that fly. a spaceship.
verbpast tense, past participle shipped
to send or transport by ship. The books were shipped to Australia.
ˈshipment noun
1. a load of goods sent by sea. a shipment of wine from Portugal.
2. the sending of goods by sea.
ˈshipper noun
a person who arranges for goods to be shipped. a firm of shippers.
ˈshipping noun
ships taken as a whole. The harbour was full of shipping.
ˈship-broker noun
1. an agent whose job is to buy or sell ships.
2. an insurance agent for ships.
ˈshipbuilder noun
a person whose business is the construction of ships. a firm of shipbuilders.
ˈshipbuilding noun
ˈshipowner noun
a person or company that owns a ship or ships.
ˌshipˈshape adjective
in good order. She left everything shipshape in her room when she left.
ˈshipwreck noun
1. the accidental sinking or destruction of a ship. There were many shipwrecks on the rocky coast.
2. a wrecked ship. an old shipwreck on the shore.
verb
We were shipwrecked off the coast of Africa.
ˈshipyard noun
a place where ships are built or repaired.
ship water
(of a boat) to let water in over the side. The boat shipped water and nearly capsized.
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shipbuilding

بِنَاءُ السُّفُن loďařství skibsbyggeri Schiffbau ναυπηγική construcción naval laivanrakennus construction navale brodogradnja ingegneria navale 造船 조선 scheepsbouw skipsbygging budownictwo okrętowe construção naval кораблестроение skeppsbyggnad การต่อเรือ gemi yapımı ngành đóng tàu 造船业
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The boat, indeed, seemed to be animated with almost human intelligence, so promptly did it obey the slightest touch; and Dantes required but a short trial of his beautiful craft to acknowledge that the Genoese had not without reason attained their high reputation in the art of shipbuilding. The spectators followed the little vessel with their eyes as long as it remained visible; they then turned their conjectures upon her probable destination.
But why, unless for the love of the life those effigies shared with us in their wandering impassivity, should one try to reproduce in words an impression of whose fidelity there can be no critic and no judge, since such an exhibition of the art of shipbuilding and the art of figure-head carving as was seen from year's end to year's end in the open-air gallery of the New South Dock no man's eye shall behold again?
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.
Then I have explored the interior of this island as few of our race have explored it before, not for the purpose of studying the manufactures, the trades, the immense shipbuilding industries,--simply to study the people themselves."
Among the companies in which he reluctantly allowed the investing public to join were the Golden Gate Dock Company, and Recreation Parks Company, the United Water Company, the Uncial Shipbuilding Company, and the Sierra and Salvador Power Company.
Several years later he established a shipbuilding plant near Boston, which grew until it employed four thousand workmen and had built half a dozen warships for the United States Navy.
HHI wrote the first chapter of its shipbuilding history in June, 1974 by completing construction of the world's largest shipyard and two 260,000-DWT VLCCs all at the same time.
Grimaldi Group places $400m shipbuilding order with Jinling.
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The government believes that the shipbuilding industry will provide a good avenue for generating employment and supporting economic growth in the country.
The nation's shipbuilding industry officials are maintaining a cautious outlook, despite growing expectations about recovery following an increase in the number of orders that shipbuilders have obtained this year.