As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
ways, shipway, slipway
(noun) structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired
Source: WordNet® 3.1
slipway (plural slipways)
(nautical) A sloping surface, leading down to the shore or to a river, on which ships are built, repaired or stored and from which they are launched.
Synonym: building-slip
• waspily
Source: Wiktionary
29 March 2025
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.