SHIPBOARD

shipboard

(adjective) casual or ephemeral as if taking place on board a ship; “shipboard romances”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

shipboard (not comparable)

(nautical) Occurring or existing on board a ship.

(figurative) casual or ephemeral (e.g. a shipboard romance)

Noun

shipboard (plural shipboards)

The side of a ship.

Source: Wiktionary


Ship"board`, n. Etym: [Ship + board. See Board, n., 8]

Definition: A ship's side; hence, by extension, a ship; -- found chiefly in adverbial phrases; as, on shipboard; a shipboard.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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