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SHIPYARD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A workplace where ships are built or repaired
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("shipyard" is a kind of...):
work; workplace (a place where work is done)
Meronyms (parts of "shipyard"):
dry dock; drydock; graving dock (a large dock from which water can be pumped out; used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline)
shipway; slipway; ways (structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shipyard"):
naval shipyard; navy yard (a military shipyard)
