shipwreck
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noun \-ˌrek\Definition of SHIPWRECK
1
: a wrecked ship or its parts
2
: the destruction or loss of a ship
3
: an irretrievable loss or failure
See Examples of SHIPWRECK
- Only a few sailors survived the shipwreck.
- The crew narrowly avoided shipwreck.
- Divers searched the sunken shipwreck.
Origin of SHIPWRECK
alteration of earlier shipwrack, from Middle English schipwrak, from Old English scipwræc, from scip ship + wræc something driven by the sea — more at wrack
First Known Use: 12th century
Related to SHIPWRECK
- Synonyms
- shipwrecking, wreck, wreckage, wrecking
- Antonyms
- blockbuster, hit, smash, success, winner
Rhymes with SHIPWRECK
Atrek, Aztec, Baalbek, bed check, bedeck, Birkbeck, Bishkek, blank check, boatneck, breakneck, bull neck, cowl-neck, crew neck, cromlech, crookneck, cross-check, ewe-neck, exec, fact-check, flight deck, flyspeck, forecheck, foredeck, gooseneck, gut check, haček, hatcheck, henpeck, high tech, hook check, in check, Kazbek, kopeck, limbeck, longneck, low-tech, Mixtec, on deck, OPEC, parsec, paycheck, pinchbeck, poop deck, rain check, rebec, ringneck, roll-neck, roughneck, samekh, spell-check, spot-check, Steinbeck, sundeck, tape deck, tenrec, Toltec, Uzbek, V-neck, vo-tech, Waldeck, Warbeck, well deck, wryneck, xebec
2shipwreck
transitive verbDefinition of SHIPWRECK
1
a : to cause to experience shipwreck b : ruin
2
: to destroy (a ship) by grounding or foundering
Examples of SHIPWRECK
- <the yachtsman fell asleep at the wheel and shipwrecked his ketch on the rocks>
First Known Use of SHIPWRECK
1589
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