SLIPWAY

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


Etymology

Noun

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

Anagrams

• waspily

Source: Wiktionary



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