Definition of shipbuilding in English:
shipbuilding
nounˈʃɪpbɪldɪŋˈʃɪpˌbɪldɪŋ
mass nounThe design and construction of ships.
naval shipbuilding was developing at a rapid pace
as modifier the declining shipbuilding industry
Example sentencesExamples
- One of the first documentaries with a strong social conscience, it illustrates the social impact of shipbuilding on the depressed local economy.
- The state is focusing on 15 industries, from shipbuilding to aerospace engineering.
- During the age of sail, the Thames River region was the leading shipbuilding area in Britain.
- The documentary record for shipbuilding firms on the Thames is practically non-existent.
- The evolution of the shipbuilding tradition of Sulawesi is considered.
- The company often hires firms that have no shipbuilding experience to design critical spaces.
- By late 1899, he managed to acquire the goodwill of their insolvent shipbuilding business.
- However, Scotland's steel industry was over-reliant on the fluctuating fortunes of the British shipbuilding yards.
- He is currently revising his dissertation, a study of World War II merchant shipbuilding on San Francisco Bay, for publication.
- His empire was based in real estate, but he branched into everything from cotton to shipbuilding to insurance.
Definition of shipbuilding in US English:
shipbuilding
nounˈSHipˌbildiNGˈʃɪpˌbɪldɪŋ
The design and construction of ships.
naval shipbuilding was developing at a rapid pace
as modifier the declining shipbuilding industry
Example sentencesExamples
- However, Scotland's steel industry was over-reliant on the fluctuating fortunes of the British shipbuilding yards.
- His empire was based in real estate, but he branched into everything from cotton to shipbuilding to insurance.
- The state is focusing on 15 industries, from shipbuilding to aerospace engineering.
- During the age of sail, the Thames River region was the leading shipbuilding area in Britain.
- The documentary record for shipbuilding firms on the Thames is practically non-existent.
- He is currently revising his dissertation, a study of World War II merchant shipbuilding on San Francisco Bay, for publication.
- The evolution of the shipbuilding tradition of Sulawesi is considered.
- One of the first documentaries with a strong social conscience, it illustrates the social impact of shipbuilding on the depressed local economy.
- By late 1899, he managed to acquire the goodwill of their insolvent shipbuilding business.
- The company often hires firms that have no shipbuilding experience to design critical spaces.