Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One whose occupation is the construction of ships; a naval architect; a shipwright.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A person whose occupation is to construct ships and other vessels; a naval architect; a shipwright.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who builds vessels like
ships andboats . - noun A
firm specialized in building ships.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels
- noun a person who builds ships as a business
- noun a carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels
- noun a person who builds ships as a business
- noun a business that builds and repairs ships
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Examples
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The net profit figure includes a one-time gain of S$229. 7 million from selling 39 million shares in Chinese shipbuilder Cosco Corp.
Rig Maker's Net Plunges P.R. Venkat and John Jannarone 2008
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It has made one investment, the purchase of a 50 percent stake in Turkish shipbuilder
DealBook 2009
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It teamed up with New York-based D.E. Shaw & Co. to take a minority stake in Chinese shipbuilder Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group Co. for about $250 million.
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Vietnamese have jokingly dubbed the shipbuilder "Vinasink."
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Tuesday with about 90 percent of workers voting in favor of a two-year extension of their labor agreement with the shipbuilder, which is the state's largest private employer.
Homepage 2009
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And at least some of the assets, such as shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, could be closed to foreign bidding.
Lee's Economic Mojo 2008
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million euros $702 million given to the shipbuilder, which is partly owned by Germany's
EU agrees deal with Greece to recover Hellenic aid | Reuters 2010
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Samsung Heavy Industries is the world's second-largest shipbuilder by order backlog as of March, after Hyundai Heavy Industries Co.
Samsung Not in Talks to Buy Pipavav Stake Kyong-Ae Choi of Dow Jones Newswires 2011
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SEOUL --South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries Co. said Wednesday that it isn't in talks with Pipavav Shipyard Ltd. to buy a stake from the Indian shipbuilder.
Samsung Not in Talks to Buy Pipavav Stake Kyong-Ae Choi of Dow Jones Newswires 2011
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Strong reading knows that what it does to the poem is right, because it knows what Emerson, its American inventor, taught it, which is that the true ship is the shipbuilder.
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