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shipbuilding

noun C1
  1. The construction of ships. (uncountable)
  2. A construction of a ship.

Plural shipbuildings

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The boat, indeed, seemed to be animated with almost human intelligence, so promptly did it obey the slightest touch; and Dantès required but a short trial of his beautiful craft to acknowledge that the Genoese had not without reason attained their high reputation in the art of shipbuilding.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 270 · C1

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