shipboard

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adjective

Occurring or existing on board a ship.

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OriginMiddle English schip bord →
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Meanings

adjectiveshipboard (not comparable)
  1. not comparablenauticalOccurring or existing on board a ship.
  2. figurativelynot comparablecasual or ephemeral (e.g. a shipboard romance)
nounshipboard (plural shipboards)

plural shipboards

  1. The side of a ship.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivecasual or ephemeral as if taking place on board a ship

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishschip bord
  2. Englishshipboard

Inherited from Middle English schip bord; equivalent to ship + board.

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APA

shipboard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shipboard

MLA

“shipboard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shipboard. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shipboard,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shipboard.

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