Navy Yard (Noun)
Meaning
A military shipyard.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The Washington Navy Yard is the former shipyard and ordnance plant of the United States Navy in Washington, D.C.
- Several historic warships have been preserved at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston.
- The Philadelphia Navy Yard, once the largest in the world, was closed in the 1990s due to cost-cutting measures.
- Many historic ships were built at the New York Navy Yard during World War II.
- The Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California was once a primary construction site for U.S. submarines.