boatyard

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noun

A place where boats are built and repaired.

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Meanings

nounboatyard (plural boatyards)

plural boatyards

  1. A place where boats are built and repaired.
  2. rareA shipyard.

    There’s money for nurse training, Medicare, Head Start, boatyard support, home weatherization and so on.

    2009 January 23, David Brooks, “The First Test”, in New York Times

Origin

From boat + yard.

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Translations

Czech loděnice, suchý dok
  • loděniceplace to build boats
  • suchý dokplace to build boats
  • dokyplace to build boats
Finnish veneveistämö
  • veneveistämöplace to build boats
Polish stocznia jachtowa
  • stocznia jachtowaplace to build boats
Cite this entry
APA

boatyard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boatyard

MLA

“boatyard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boatyard. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boatyard,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boatyard.

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