shipyard

[ US /ˈʃɪpˌjɑɹd/ ]
[ UK /ʃˈɪpjɑːd/ ]
NOUN
  1. a workplace where ships are built or repaired
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How To Use shipyard In A Sentence

  • A large amount of capital was required to transform forges into modern iron and steel industries, equip the shipyards to build steamships, and move from small workshops to modern factories.
  • ln less than six minutes, the ambulance came wailing back from the shipyard, one of the police cars in front of it running interference. CORMORANT
  • James was a boilermaker at Harland and Wolff's Liverpool shipyard.
  • He is a skilled worker laid off from his job in a Belfast shipyard.
  • As consortium leader, Hellenic Shipyards will build the stainless-steel bodyshells, provide interior fittings, and assemble the cars.
  • It is huge, encompassing the navy's shipyard, where three 1,200-ton corvettes are being laid down.
  • In the first attack, they were able to destroy a Rage minelayer, the four defense satellites, and an orbital shipyard.
  • The factories, mines, steelworks and shipyards have largely gone. Times, Sunday Times
  • But a sale of the Asian business, while far from certain, would mean the company's focus will shift again to the Dubai-based shipyard, which is considered much more commercially viable and therefore could gain easier access to funding for now and once the debt restructuring talks are completed. Dubai May Sell Asia Shipping Arm
  • Scrapping the second carrier and bringing forward the construction of frigates would still leave a gap in shipyard work, ministers have been told. Ministers and military clash as cuts threaten new aircraft carriers
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