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SHIPSIDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shipside mean?
• SHIPSIDE (noun)
The noun SHIPSIDE has 1 sense:
1. the part of a wharf that is next to a ship
Familiarity information: SHIPSIDE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The part of a wharf that is next to a ship
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("shipside" is a kind of...):
side (a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location)
Holonyms ("shipside" is a part of...):
dock; pier; wharf; wharfage (a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats)
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