Canadian English Meaning of shipwreck
shipwreck
Other Canadian English words related to shipwreck
Nearest Words of shipwreck
- shipworm => shipworm
- shipway => shipyard
- ship-towed long-range acoustic detection system => Ship-towed long-range acoustic detection system
- shipside => Shipside
- shipshape => Shipshape
- ship's papers => Ship's papers
- ship's officer => Ship's officer
- ship's galley => Ship's galley
- ship's company => ship's company
- ship's chandler => Ship's chandler
Definitions and Meaning of shipwreck in English
shipwreck (n)
a wrecked ship (or a part of one)
an irretrievable loss
an accident that destroys a ship at sea
shipwreck (v)
ruin utterly
suffer failure, as in some enterprise
cause to experience shipwreck
destroy a ship
shipwreck (n.)
The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the winds and waves.
A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship; wreckage.
Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss.
shipwreck (v. t.)
To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest.
To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or passengers. Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or loss; to destroy or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck; as, to shipwreck a business.
FAQs About the word shipwreck
shipwreck
a wrecked ship (or a part of one), an irretrievable loss, an accident that destroys a ship at sea, ruin utterly, suffer failure, as in some enterprise, cause to
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shipworm => shipworm, shipway => shipyard, ship-towed long-range acoustic detection system => Ship-towed long-range acoustic detection system, shipside => Shipside, shipshape => Shipshape,
