shipway

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noun

The sloping dry dock in which a ship is built and from where it is launched.

“Near-synonym: seaway”

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Meanings

shipway1

nounshipway (plural shipways)

plural shipways

  1. The sloping dry dock in which a ship is built and from where it is launched.
  2. A navigable waterway large enough for ships.

    Near-synonym: seaway

    Synonyms: seaway

Shipway2

proper noun
  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA navigable waterway large enough for ships.

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seaway

More synonyms by meaning

nounstructure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired

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waysslipway
Broader
structureconstruction

nouna canal large enough for seagoing vessels

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ship canal
Broader
canal
Also see
ship canalslipwayways

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From ship + way.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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