| NOUN | act | shipbuilding, ship building | the construction of ships |
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| Sounds | shih'pbih.ldihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | The construction of ships. | |
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| Synonym | ship building | |
| Category of | metacenter, metacentre | (shipbuilding) the point of intersection between two vertical lines, one line through the center of buoyancy of the hull of a ship in equilibrium and the other line through the center of buoyancy of the hull when the ship is inclined to one side |
| metacentric | Of or relating to the metacenter | |
| Broader | construction, building | The act of constructing something |
| Spanish | construcción naval | |
| Catalan | construcció naval | |
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