SHIP BUILDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ship builder mean? 

• SHIP BUILDER (noun)
  The noun SHIP BUILDER has 2 senses:

1. a carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels

2. a person who builds ships as a business

  Familiarity information: SHIP BUILDER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHIP BUILDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

ship builder; shipbuilder; shipwright

Hypernyms ("ship builder" is a kind of...):

wright (someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in combination))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who builds ships as a business

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

ship builder; shipbuilder

Hypernyms ("ship builder" is a kind of...):

builder; constructor (someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building))