shipwright
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noun Shipbuilding.
a person who builds and launches wooden vessels or does carpentry work in connection with the building and launching of steel or iron vessels.
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shipwright (ˈʃɪpˌraɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
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| an artisan skilled in one or more of the tasks required to build vessels | |
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Shipwright
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Example sentences
He was a shipwright by trade and upon this property he located his ship building business and residence.
One of the crooks cons the fellow into believing he is a shipwright.
May also do underwater carpentry, steel plating and shipwright's work.
Draw a picture of a tool that a shipwright might use.
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