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Narrator: Today's word is "Shipyard" — noun, pronounced /ˈʃɪpjɑːd/, with the stress on "ship".
Narrator: A shipyard is a place where ships are built and repaired.
Narrator: In plain English, it is a ship factory.
Narrator: It joins ship with yard.
Narrator: A common collocation is "shipyard workers", which describes people who build ships.
Narrator: It differs from "dock", because a dock holds ships, while a shipyard builds them.
Narrator: In a second sense, shipyards shaped cities like Belfast, Glasgow and Newcastle.
Narrator: Engineering, history, industry and heritage all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: a shipyard builds ships.
Speaker A: Where was the Titanic built?
Speaker B: In a Belfast SHIPYARD! Ship plus yard.
Speaker A: Harland and Wolff?
Speaker B: Those famous cranes.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "The shipyard employed thousands", history. "A new frigate left the shipyard", defence. "Shipyard cranes on the Clyde", heritage.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Write it as one word, "shipyard".
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Dockyard is its twin, boatyard its cousin, and dock an alternative — yet shipyard keeps its industrial charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "shipyard" in AI prompts — useful for industrial history and scheduling.
Speaker A: How for history?
Speaker B: Heritage.
Prompt: Write a short history of shipbuilding on the River Clyde.
Speaker A: And scheduling?
Speaker B: Projects.
Prompt: Create a Gantt chart outline for building a ferry in a shipyard.
Speaker A: Could it help safety?
Speaker B: Yes, for sites.
Prompt: Write shipyard safety rules for working at height.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Tourism.
Prompt: Write a tour description for a historic shipyard museum.
Shipyard — meaning in Arabic & definition More S courses GL Dictionary