slipway

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Noun

slipway (plural slipways)

1. (nautical) 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.

   Synonyms: building-slip

Translations

• French: cale, cale sèche
• German: Helling, Stapel, Helge, Helgen
• Italian: diga
• Portuguese: dique
• Russian: ста́пель
• Spanish: dique, grada

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