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- [ship-bil-der]
- /ˈʃɪpˌbɪl dər/
- /ˈʃɪpˌbɪl.dər/
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- [ship-bil-der]
- /ˈʃɪpˌbɪl dər/
Definitions of shipbuilding word
- noun shipbuilding a person whose occupation is the designing or constructing of ship. 1
- noun shipbuilding a commercial firm for building ships. 1
- noun shipbuilding construction of ships 1
- uncountable noun shipbuilding Shipbuilding is the industry of building ships. 0
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Origin of shipbuilding
First appearance:
before 1690 One of the 49% oldest English words
First recorded in 1690-1700; ship1 + builder
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Parts of speech for Shipbuilding
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
shipbuilding popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
shipbuilding usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with shipbuilding
- why was shipbuilding important in the new england colonies?
- in which colonies was shipbuilding important?
- what type of shipbuilding technique did the vikings use?
- what is shipbuilding?
- which english colonies relied most heavily on shipping and shipbuilding?
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