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shipway

DEFINITIONS OF: shipway

1

n structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired

Synonyms:
slipway, ways
Type of:
construction, structure
a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts

n a canal large enough for seagoing vessels

Synonyms:
ship canal
Examples:
Gota Canal
a canal for small oceangoing ships to enter Lake Vanern in Sweden
Panama Canal
a ship canal 40 miles long across the Isthmus of Panama built by the United States (1904-1914)
Suez Canal
a ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea
Type of:
canal
long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation
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