shipyard
Origin of shipyard
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How to use shipyard in a sentence
“These are not subprime mortgages,” he said of his portfolio that stretched from shipyards to oil rigs.
The Rise And Fall Of Brazilian Billionaire Eike Batista | Mac Margolis | November 9, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThose ships he speaks of equate to jobs at shipyards, the planes to jobs at Boeing/Lockeed/etc.
In this rustbelt of dying shipyards, joblessness runs as high as 50 percent.
Greece on the Brink of Financial Abyss as Syriza Party Weighs Default | John Psaropoulos | May 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is probable that the smallest steamer now built in the Jarrow shipyards is larger than the John Bowes.
From the shipyards of Baltimore came more than one stout naval vessel that had forced the enemy to haul down his colors.
The Naval History of the United States | Willis J. Abbot.
What I had to tell him of Newport News and its shipyards was beyond his comprehension.
The Soul of John Brown | Stephen GrahamAlong the banks of the Clyde were shipyards which are famous the world over.
An American Hobo in Europe | Ben GoodkindWhat the workmen of England did in the first year of the war in her docks and shipyards, history will tell some day.
The War on All Fronts: England's Effort | Mrs. Humphry Ward
British Dictionary definitions for shipyard
/ (ˈʃɪpˌjɑːd) /
a place or facility for the building, maintenance, and repair of ships
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