SLIPWAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does slipway mean? 

• SLIPWAY (noun)
  The noun SLIPWAY has 1 sense:

1. structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired

  Familiarity information: SLIPWAY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLIPWAY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

shipway; slipway; ways

Hypernyms ("slipway" is a kind of...):

construction; structure (a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts)

Holonyms ("slipway" is a part of...):

shipyard (a workplace where ships are built or repaired)