Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
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shipping | present participle & vb. noun | of Ship, Relating to ships, their ownership, transfer, or employment; as, shiping concerns., Relating to, or concerned in, the forwarding of goods; as, a shipping clerk., The act of one who, or of that which, ships; as, the shipping of flour to Liverpool., The collective body of ships in one place, or belonging to one port, country, etc.; vessels, generally; tonnage., Navigation. |
shipfuls | plural | of Shipful |
shipless | adjective | Destitute of ships. |
shipload | noun | The load, or cargo, of a ship. |
shipmate | noun | One who serves on board of the same ship with another; a fellow sailor. |
shipment | noun | The act or process of shipping; as, he was engaged in the shipment of coal for London; an active shipment of wheat from the West., That which is shipped. |
shipworm | noun | Any long, slender, worm-shaped bivalve mollusk of Teredo and allied genera. The shipworms burrow in wood, and are destructive to wooden ships, piles of wharves, etc. See Teredo. |
shipyard | noun | A yard, place, or inclosure where ships are built or repaired. |