noun
Meaning 1
A person who builds vessels such as ships and boats.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
shipbuilder
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noun
Meaning 2
A firm that specializes in building ships.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a business that builds and repairs ships
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation
noun
Meaning 4
a person who builds ships as a business
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ship builder
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: builder, constructor
noun
Meaning 5
a carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shipwright, ship builder
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wright
History
Etymology
From ship + builder.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: قلاف (gaḷḷāf) — person
- Belarusian: суднабудаўні́к (sudnabudawník) — person
- Belarusian: караблебудаўні́к (karabljebudawník) — person
- Czech: loďař — person
- Finnish: laivanrakentaja — person
- Finnish: veneenveistäjä — person
- French: constructeur de navires — person
- German: Schiffbauer — person
- Greek: ναυπηγός (nafpigós) — person
- Ancient Greek: ναυπηγός (naupēgós) — person
- Icelandic: skipasmiður — person
- Ingrian: alusmeisteri — person
- Macedonian: бродоградител (brodograditel) — person
- Old English: sċipwyrhta — person
- Plautdietsch: Scheppbumeista — person
- Russian: судострои́тель (sudostroítelʹ) — person
- Russian: кораблестрои́тель (korablestroítelʹ) — person
- Russian: корабе́л (korabél) — person
- Ukrainian: суднобудівни́к (sudnobudivnýk) — person
- Ukrainian: кораблебудівни́к (korablebudivnýk) — person
- Ukrainian: корабе́л (korabél) — person
- Finnish: telakka — firm
- Finnish: laivanrakentaja — firm
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