Main Entry: ¹ship·wreck

Pronunciation: \-ˌrek\

Function: noun

Etymology: alteration of earlier shipwrack, from Middle English schipwrak, from Old English scipwræc, from scip ship + wræc something driven by the sea — more at wrack

Date: 12th century

1 : a wrecked ship or its parts
2 : the destruction or loss of a ship
3 : an irretrievable loss or failure