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shipyard

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈʃɪpˌjɑɹd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: SH IH1 P Y AA2 R D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A place where ships are built and repaired.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a workplace where ships are built or repaired

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: workplace, work

Narrower terms: navy yard, naval shipyard

History

Etymology

From ship + yard.

Across languages

Translations

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: նավաշինարան (navašinaran) — place to build and repair ships
  • Asturian: astilleru — place to build and repair ships
  • Azerbaijani: tərsanə — place to build and repair ships
  • Azerbaijani: gəmiqayırma zavodu — place to build and repair ships
  • Basque: ontziola — place to build and repair ships
  • Belarusian: верф (vjerf) — place to build and repair ships
  • Belarusian: суднаве́рф (sudnavjérf) — place to build and repair ships
  • Belarusian: карабе́льня (karabjélʹnja) — place to build and repair ships
  • Bulgarian: корабострои́телница (korabostroítelnica) — place to build and repair ships
  • Catalan: drassana — place to build and repair ships
  • Chinese Mandarin: 船廠 /船厂 (chuánchǎng) — place to build and repair ships
  • Chinese Mandarin: 造船所 (zàochuánsuǒ) — place to build and repair ships
  • Chinese Mandarin: 船塢 /船坞 (chuánwù) — place to build and repair ships
  • Chinese Mandarin: 造船廠 /造船厂 (zàochuánchǎng) — place to build and repair ships
  • Czech: loděnice — place to build and repair ships
  • Danish: skibsværft — place to build and repair ships
  • Danish: værft — place to build and repair ships
  • Dutch: scheepswerf — place to build and repair ships
  • Esperanto: ŝipkonstruejo — place to build and repair ships
  • Esperanto: ŝipfarejo — place to build and repair ships
  • Finnish: telakka — place to build and repair ships
  • French: chantier naval — place to build and repair ships
  • Galician: estaleiro — place to build and repair ships
  • Georgian: ვერფი (verpi) — place to build and repair ships
  • Georgian: გემთსაშენი ვერფი (gemtsašeni verpi) — place to build and repair ships
  • Georgian: გემთსარემონტო ვერფი (gemtsaremonṭo verpi) — place to build and repair ships
  • German: Werft — place to build and repair ships
  • Greek: ναυπηγείο (nafpigeío) — place to build and repair ships
  • Hungarian: hajógyár — place to build and repair ships
  • Hungarian: hajójavító műhely — place to build and repair ships
  • Icelandic: skipasmíðastöð — place to build and repair ships
  • Icelandic: slippur — place to build and repair ships
  • Indonesian: galangan — place to build and repair ships
  • Irish: longchlós — place to build and repair ships
  • Italian: cantiere navale — place to build and repair ships
  • Japanese: 造船所 (zōsensho) — place to build and repair ships
  • Japanese: 造船設備 (zōsen setsubi) — place to build and repair ships
  • Korean: 조선소 (joseonso) — place to build and repair ships
  • Macedonian: бродоградилиште (brodogradilište) — place to build and repair ships
  • Norwegian Bokmål: verft — place to build and repair ships
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skipsverft — place to build and repair ships
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: verft — place to build and repair ships
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skipsverft — place to build and repair ships
  • Pannonian Rusyn: ладьобудовалїще (ladʹobudovaljišče) — place to build and repair ships
  • Polish: stocznia — place to build and repair ships
  • Portuguese: estaleiro — place to build and repair ships
  • Romanian: șantier naval — place to build and repair ships
  • Russian: верфь (verfʹ) — place to build and repair ships
  • Russian: судове́рфь (sudovérfʹ) — place to build and repair ships
  • Russian: судоремо́нтный заво́д (sudoremóntnyj zavód) — place to build and repair ships
  • Russian: пло́тбище (plótbišče) — place to build and repair ships
  • Serbo-Croatian: бродоградилиште — place to build and repair ships
  • Serbo-Croatian: brodogradilište — place to build and repair ships
  • Slovak: lodenica — place to build and repair ships
  • Slovene: ladjedelnica — place to build and repair ships
  • Spanish: astillero — place to build and repair ships
  • Spanish: atarazana — place to build and repair ships
  • Swedish: skeppsvarv — place to build and repair ships
  • Swedish: varv — place to build and repair ships
  • Turkish: tersane — place to build and repair ships
  • Ukrainian: верф (verf) — place to build and repair ships
  • Ukrainian: суднове́рф (sudnovérf) — place to build and repair ships
  • Ukrainian: корабе́льня (korabélʹnja) — place to build and repair ships
  • Vietnamese: xưởng đóng tàu — place to build and repair ships
  • Welsh: iard longau — place to build and repair ships
  • Yiddish: שיפֿבױערײַ (shifboyeray) — place to build and repair ships
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