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shipboard

adj, noun — 3 senses

shipboard

adj

Etymology Inherited from Middle English schip bord; equivalent to ship + board.

1

Nautical, Transport Occurring or existing on board a ship.

2

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

shipboard

noun

Etymology Inherited from Middle English schip bord; equivalent to ship + board.

1

The side of a ship.

Related terms
ashipboard, on shipboard

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