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amidships

a·mid·ships
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [uh-mid-ships]
    • /əˈmɪdˌʃɪps/
    • /əˈmɪd.ʃɪps/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [uh-mid-ships]
    • /əˈmɪdˌʃɪps/

Definitions of amidships word

  • adverb amidships Amidships means halfway along the length of a ship. 3
  • adverb amidships at, near, or towards the centre of a vessel 3
  • adverb amidships in or toward the middle of a ship; esp., halfway between bow and stern 3
  • adverb amidships in or toward the middle part of a ship or aircraft; midway between the ends. 1
  • adverb amidships along the central fore-and-aft line of a ship or aircraft. 1
  • adverb amidships in or toward the center of anything: a long, narrow office with a desk placed amidships. 1
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Origin of amidships

First appearance:

before 1685
One of the 48% oldest English words
First recorded in 1685-95; amid + ship1 + -s1

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Parts of speech for Amidships

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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amidships popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 72% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Top questions with amidships

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Related words

  • deep floor

    any of the floors toward the ends of a vessel, deeper than those of standard depth amidships.

  • fore-and-aft sail

    any of various sails, as jib-headed sails, gaff sails, lugsails, lateen sails, spritsails, staysails, and jibs, that do not set on yards and whose normal position, when not trimmed, is in a fore-and-aft direction amidships.

  • freeboard

    Nautical. the distance between the level of the water and the upper surface of the freeboard deck amidships at the side of a hull: regulated by the agencies of various countries according to the construction of the hull, the type of cargo carried, the area of the world in which it sails, the type of water, and the season of the year. Compare load line. (on a cargo vessel) the distance between the uppermost deck considered fully watertight and the official load line. the portion of the side of a hull that is above the water.

  • half-breadth plan

    a diagrammatic plan of one half of the hull of a vessel divided lengthwise amidships, showing water lines, stations, diagonals, and bow and buttock lines.

  • leeboard

    either of two broad, flat objects attached to the sides of a sailing ship amidships, the one on the lee side being lowered into the water to prevent the ship from making leeway.
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