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ship⋅board

[ship-bawrd, -bohrd]
–noun
1. Archaic.
a. the deck or side of a ship.
b. the situation of being on a ship.
–adjective
2. done, conducted, or designed for use aboard ship, esp. during an ocean voyage: a shipboard romance; a shipboard telephone.
3. on shipboard, aboard a seagoing vessel.

Origin:
1150–1200; late ME shipbord (see ship, board ); r. ME shipesbord (see ’s 1 )
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ship·board   (shĭp'bôrd', -bōrd')   
n.  
  1. The condition of being aboard a ship: on shipboard.

  2. Archaic The side of a ship.

adj.  Existing or occurring on board a ship: a shipboard fire.
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