shipyard
noun
shipyards
-
pluralof shipyard.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The next frontier could be building nuclear-powered ships in American shipyards, another administration goal as it looks for ways to revive the dying domestic shipbuilding sector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
“We want to work with multiple people to bring back multiple shipyards over time in the United States,” said Jay Horine, who oversees the bank’s Security and Resiliency Initiative.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Expect to see shipyards and fabrication sites throughout the UK making bits of the new CCV motherships and drone vessels.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Scottish shipyards do have strong apprenticeship programmes and BAE has opened a shipbuilding academy at Scotstoun.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
That one temporary decision became irreversible, because no shipyards remained to turn out ships that would prove the folly of that temporary decision, and to serve as a focus for rebuilding other shipyards.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
