English Explanatory Dictionary

slipway

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sloping surface, leading down to the shore or to a river, on which ships are built, repaired or stored and from which they are launched.
  2. A slip road.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

slipway slipways

Etymology

From slip + way.

Synonyms

building-slip
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