Ways (Noun)
Meaning
Structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- Ships launched by the company have long traveled down the ways into the harbor for sea trials.
- The marine engineering firm built new ways to serve larger vessels.
- At the shipyard, workers led the vessel onto the ways before lowering it into the water.
- Since its founding the shipbuilding company has seen hundreds of ocean liners launched down its ways.
- After final inspection the dry dok was flooded slowly and the ship slid down the ways into the sea.