slipway

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slipway

noun slipways

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.
Similar: building-slip
A slip road. Immediately beyond the 'No entrance' sign onto the motorway slipway, turn right down the bank.

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noun sloping surface

Español	dique, grada
Português	dique, rampa de lançamento
Français	cale, cale sèche
Deutsch	Helling, Stapel, Helge, Helgen
Italiano	diga
Română	cală
Русский	ста́пель stápelʹ, э́ллинг élling

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@misc{slipway_2026,
  title = {slipway},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/slipway},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}