HyperDic: ways

English > 1 sense of the word *ways*:
NOUN	artifact	ways, shipway, slipway	structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired

ways > pronunciation
Sounds	wey'z
Rhymes	ablaze ... urokinase: 57 rhymes with eyz...

English > *ways*: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired.
Synonyms	shipway, slipway
Part of	shipyard	A workplace where ships are built or repaired
Broader	structure, construction	A thing constructed
Spanish	grada
Catalan	escar, grada