shipshape, trim, well-kept
(adjective) of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder; “even the barn was shipshape”; “a trim little sailboat”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
shipshape (comparative more shipshape, superlative most shipshape)
(originally, nautical) Meticulously neat and tidy.
Synonyms: shipshape and Bristol fashion, tight, Thesaurus:orderly
Antonym: Thesaurus:disorderly
shipshape (comparative more shipshape, superlative most shipshape)
(originally, nautical) Neatly and tidily to a meticulous extent.
Synonym: handsomely
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Source: Wiktionary
Ship"shape`, a.
Definition: Arranged in a manner befitting a ship; hence, trim; tidy; orderly. Even then she expressed her scorn for the lubbery executioner's mode of tying a knot, and did it herself in a shipshape orthodox manner. De Quincey. Keep everything shipshape, for I must go Tennyson.
Ship"shape`, adv.
Definition: In a shipshape or seamanlike manner.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
