Usage of "shipbuilder"

Catalan

A carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels.

Synonyms

Examples for "shipwright"

shipwright
ship builder

Examples for "shipwright"

He told his boss, master shipwright John Allin, the appalling news. 
 The Guardian 

The fight was begun between a single Jersey shipwright and a French war-ship. 
 The Battle of the Strong: A Romance of Two Kingdoms — Complete 

I was a shipwright, one of many who worked on her. 
 Doom of the Dragon 

It is not my intention to treat this subject from a shipwright's point of view. 
 Scientific American Supplement, No. 430, March 29, 1884 

A week's earlier start, a little more energy in some clerk, tailor, bootmaker, shipwright-whoknows? 
 For Fortune and Glory: A Story of the Soudan War 

A spokesman for Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world's largest ship builder, declined to comment. 
 Reuters 

Mr. March was a ship builder at Plymouth. 
 A Little Girl in Old Boston 

You should have been a ship builder, Captain. 
 Quest for honour 

He was a ship builder by trade. 
 Old Rail Fence Corners: The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History 

Oliver was the son of a ship builder, and had a launch and a yacht of his own. 
 The Boy Scout Camera Club; Or, the Confession of a Photograph 

Usage of shipbuilder in English

Guide number two came up, with the shipbuilder and Somers in tow. 
 The Submarine Boys and the Spies / Dodging the Sharks of the Dee... 

You would go to the shipbuilder and the shipmaster for your information. 
 Westminster Sermons / with a Preface 

Labour-supporting son of a shipbuilder becomes New Labour donor and racehorse owner. 
 The Guardian 

Other vessels have been constructed by me, in my role as shipbuilder. 
 Depths 

Elaborate and complicated drawings having been prepared, the shipbuilder begins his work. 
 Man on the Ocean: A Book about Boats and Ships 

China's target of being the world's biggest shipbuilder has been too successful. 
 Reuters 

The shipbuilder had come ashore with his young friends, registering at the 
 The Submarine Boys and the Spies / Dodging the Sharks of the Dee... 

For just a moment, Walker thought the burly shipbuilder was going to explode. 
 Ilse Witch 

Respondents included South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd, the world's top shipbuilder. 
 Reuters 

So I think they are not doing something right, says shipbuilder Yannis Prasinos. 
 Reuters 

The surveyor was connected with the chief shipbuilder of the place. 
 Will Weatherhelm: The Yarn of an Old Sailor 

The story began in Plymouth in 1904 with a shipbuilder called William Kelly. 
 The Guardian 

POSCO was named one of the potential buyers for the South Korean shipbuilder. 
 Reuters 

Watson, who had acquired a little knowledge, had become a shipbuilder. 
 The History of the Telephone 

He was found in Mr. Commissioner Pett, the most skilful shipbuilder of the age. 
 Andrew Marvell 

The house where he served his apprenticeship to a shipbuilder is in Grape Lane. 
 What to See in England / A Guide to Places of Historic Interest,... 