French Meaning of shipwreck
naufrage
Other French words related to naufrage
Nearest Words of shipwreck
- shipworm => taret
- shipway => chantier naval
- ship-towed long-range acoustic detection system => Système de détection acoustique longue portée remorqué par navire
- shipside => À bord du navire
- shipshape => En bon état
- ship's papers => Papiers du navire
- ship's officer => Officier du navire
- ship's galley => Cuisine du bateau
- ship's company => l'équipage du navire
- ship's chandler => Fournisseur de navires
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
naufrage
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 => taret, shipway => chantier naval, ship-towed long-range acoustic detection system => Système de détection acoustique longue portée remorqué par navire, shipside => À bord du navire, shipshape => En bon état,
