Meanings
plural shipyards
- A place where ships are built and repaired.
To my mind, it appears obvious in the context of total shipwork, the private shipyards are doing very well indeed. It is true that with the dwindling size of the Navy, there will be less repair work.
1974, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations, Department of Defense Appropriations for 1975: Hearings..., page 3201 more example
On the Chickahominy, the Hazelwood brothers' fish house at Hicks Island and the Menzel brothers' fish house near the old shipyard thrived by serving local and distant markets. As late as 1977, a Publick Observer article boasted, "If you are served turtle soup in Atlanta or catfish in Ft. Wayne, Ind., chances are good that the main ingredients came from the waters of the James or the Chickahominy."
2009, Sara E. Lewis, James City County, page 77
Origin
Translations
Basque ontziola
- ontziolaplace to build and repair ships
Bulgarian корабострои́телница
- корабострои́телница (korabostroítelnica)place to build and repair ships
Catalan drassana
- drassanaplace to build and repair ships
Chinese Mandarin 船廠 /船厂, 造船所
- 船廠 /船厂 (chuánchǎng)place to build and repair ships
- 造船所 (zàochuánsuǒ)place to build and repair ships
- 船塢 /船坞 (chuánwù)place to build and repair ships
- 造船廠 /造船厂 (zàochuánchǎng)place to build and repair ships
Czech loděnice
- loděniceplace to build and repair ships
Danish skibsværft, værft
- skibsværftplace to build and repair ships
- værftplace to build and repair ships
Dutch scheepswerf
- scheepswerfplace to build and repair ships
Esperanto ŝipkonstruejo, ŝipfarejo
- ŝipkonstruejoplace to build and repair ships
- ŝipfarejoplace to build and repair ships
Finnish telakka
- telakkaplace to build and repair ships
French chantier naval
- chantier navalplace to build and repair ships
German Werft
- Werftplace to build and repair ships
Greek ναυπηγείο
- ναυπηγείο (nafpigeío)place to build and repair ships
Hungarian hajógyár, hajójavító műhely
- hajógyárplace to build and repair ships
- hajójavító műhelyplace to build and repair ships
Icelandic skipasmíðastöð, slippur
- skipasmíðastöðplace to build and repair ships
- slippurplace to build and repair ships
Indonesian galangan
- galanganplace to build and repair ships
Irish longchlós
- longchlósplace to build and repair ships
Italian cantiere navale
- cantiere navaleplace to build and repair ships
Japanese 造船所, 造船設備
- 造船所 (zōsensho)place to build and repair ships
- 造船設備 (zōsen setsubi)place to build and repair ships
Korean 조선소
- 조선소 (joseonso)place to build and repair ships
Norwegian Bokmål verft, skipsverft
- verftplace to build and repair ships
- skipsverftplace to build and repair ships
Polish stocznia
- stoczniaplace to build and repair ships
Portuguese estaleiro
- estaleiroplace to build and repair ships
Romanian șantier naval
- șantier navalplace to build and repair ships
Russian верфь, судове́рфь
- верфь (verfʹ)place to build and repair ships
- судове́рфь (sudovérfʹ)place to build and repair ships
- судоремо́нтный заво́д (sudoremóntnyj zavód)place to build and repair ships
- пло́тбище (plótbišče)place to build and repair ships
Slovak lodenica
- lodenicaplace to build and repair ships
Spanish astillero, atarazana
- astilleroplace to build and repair ships
- atarazanaplace to build and repair ships
Swedish skeppsvarv, varv
- skeppsvarvplace to build and repair ships
- varvplace to build and repair ships
Turkish tersane
- tersaneplace to build and repair ships
Ukrainian верф, суднове́рф
- верф (verf)place to build and repair ships
- суднове́рф (sudnovérf)place to build and repair ships
- корабе́льня (korabélʹnja)place to build and repair ships
Vietnamese xưởng đóng tàu
- xưởng đóng tàuplace to build and repair ships
Welsh iard longau
- iard longauplace to build and repair ships
Yiddish שיפֿבױערײַ
- שיפֿבױערײַ (shifboyeray)place to build and repair ships
Cite this entry
shipyard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shipyard
“shipyard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shipyard. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shipyard,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shipyard.
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