: an inclined usually concrete surface for a ship being built or repaired
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More than 10,000 residents were evacuated to ensure their safety as a military convoy transported the unexploded bomb through a densely populated residential area to a ferry slipway, from which it was taken out to sea.
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San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2024
The slipways where the ship was built now host music concerts.
—Amanda Ferguson, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2023
The Curse of Oak Island (History at 9) Discovery of a possible slipway in the swamp reinforces the team’s eagerness to excavate further.
—Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2020
This is a boater's paradise with a private jetty, slipway, boathouse, deepwater mooring, barbecue pavilion, and heated saltwater pool on the water's edge.
—Ellen Paris, Forbes, 23 June 2021
Plus two headless gantry cranes on either side of a 550-foot-long concrete slipway where military ships once entered the water.
—John King, SFChronicle.com, 1 Oct. 2020
The slipway, by contrast, begins public life as an artifact more than an attraction.
—John King, SFChronicle.com, 1 Oct. 2020
Next to the original slipways where the Titanic was built, the massive Titanic Belfast museum commemorates Belfast's prolific shipbuilding industry.
—Rick Steves, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2020
The tide has risen and the steep slipway is shorter by a good five metres.
—The Economist, 4 Oct. 2019
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San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2024
The slipways where the ship was built now host music concerts.
—Amanda Ferguson, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2023
The Curse of Oak Island (History at 9) Discovery of a possible slipway in the swamp reinforces the team’s eagerness to excavate further.
—Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2020
This is a boater's paradise with a private jetty, slipway, boathouse, deepwater mooring, barbecue pavilion, and heated saltwater pool on the water's edge.
—Ellen Paris, Forbes, 23 June 2021
Plus two headless gantry cranes on either side of a 550-foot-long concrete slipway where military ships once entered the water.
—John King, SFChronicle.com, 1 Oct. 2020
The slipway, by contrast, begins public life as an artifact more than an attraction.
—John King, SFChronicle.com, 1 Oct. 2020
Next to the original slipways where the Titanic was built, the massive Titanic Belfast museum commemorates Belfast's prolific shipbuilding industry.
—Rick Steves, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2020
The tide has risen and the steep slipway is shorter by a good five metres.
—The Economist, 4 Oct. 2019
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“Slipway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slipway. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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