Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The structure supporting a ship during construction or in dry dock.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A collective name for the supports forming a sort of sliding way upon which a vessel is built, and from which it slides into the water when launched; also, the supports collectively upon which the keel of a vessel rests when placed in a dock for repairs or cleaning.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The sloping
dry dock in which aship is build and from where it is launched - noun A
navigable canal
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a canal large enough for seagoing vessels
- noun structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired
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Building an opt in email list is one of the keyword shipway to collect prospects.
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Because the clients demanded that only the best materials be employed to impress their guests, the elegant fifty-nine-foot steam-screw launch came down the shipway at a whopping fourteen thousand dollars.
In The Shadow of The Cypress Thomas Steinbeck 2010
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Because the clients demanded that only the best materials be employed to impress their guests, the elegant fifty-nine-foot steam-screw launch came down the shipway at a whopping fourteen thousand dollars.
In The Shadow of The Cypress Thomas Steinbeck 2010
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Stabilization of the levels of the Great Lakes and their opening to the sea by an effective shipway remain to be considered.
State of the Union Address (1790-2001) United States. Presidents.
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Stabilization of the levels of the Great Lakes and their opening to the sea by an effective shipway remain to be considered.
State of the Union Address Calvin Coolidge 1902
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There was already a shipway on the site when the dock arrived, and a big mill nearby.
Crosscut Daniel Jack Chasan 2010
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Exposure printing made easier with Dpof There are a lot of shipway to print photos.
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