shipway
English Thesaurus
1. a canal large enough for seagoing vessels (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | canal, |
| definition | : | long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation (noun.artifact) |
| instance hyponym | : | gota canal, |
| definition | : | a canal for small oceangoing ships to enter Lake Vanern in Sweden (noun.artifact) |
| instance hyponym | : | panama canal, |
| definition | : | a ship canal 40 miles long across the Isthmus of Panama built by the United States (1904-1914) (noun.artifact) |
| instance hyponym | : | suez canal, |
| definition | : | a ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea (noun.location) |
2. structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | construction, structure, |
| definition | : | a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | shipyard, |
| definition | : | a workplace where ships are built or repaired (noun.artifact) |
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