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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slipway

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English

Syllables
slip-way
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sloping surface, leading down to the shore or to a river, on which ships are built, repaired or stored and from which they are launched.

noun

A slip road.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *slippjander. Old Saxon *slippiander. Middle Low German slippender.? Middle English slippen English slip English way English slipway From slip + way.

Inflected Forms

slipways (plural)

Synonyms

building-slip ways shipway

Questions

What does slipway mean?
A sloping surface, leading down to the shore or to a river, on which ships are built, repaired or stored and from which they are launched.
Where does slipway come from?
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *slippjander. Old Saxon *slippiander. Middle Low German slippender.? Middle English slippen English slip English way English slipway From slip + way.

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