: existing or taking place on board a ship
Examples of shipboard in a Sentence
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Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 3 July 2024
That off time is especially necessary given the extraordinary working environments of shipboard staff: many are working multi-month contracts away from their families, often with limited opportunities to call home.
—Scott Laird, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 May 2023
Curbed, 3 Mar. 2022
Interested in inverting the power dynamics between the superrich and those underpaid to serve them, Ostlund found de Leon’s transformation from shipboard housekeeping staffer to authoritative captain ashore to be searingly convincing.
—Carlos Aguilar, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2022
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Noun
The ship is scheduled to return to PortMiami on July 7.
Norwegian also said that shore excursions booked through NCL for those destinations were automatically canceled and guests will get a refund to their shipboard accounts.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 3 July 2024
That off time is especially necessary given the extraordinary working environments of shipboard staff: many are working multi-month contracts away from their families, often with limited opportunities to call home.
—Scott Laird, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 May 2023
Adjective
And then there’s the efficiency with which the shipboard lifestyle promotes a lively assortment of respiratory and gastrointestinal illnesses.
—Curbed, 3 Mar. 2022
Interested in inverting the power dynamics between the superrich and those underpaid to serve them, Ostlund found de Leon’s transformation from shipboard housekeeping staffer to authoritative captain ashore to be searingly convincing.
—Carlos Aguilar, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2022
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“Shipboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shipboard. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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shipboard
1 of 2 noun
ship·board
ˈship-ˌbō(ə)rd 
-ˌbȯ(ə)rd
1
: the side of a ship
2
: ship entry 1 sense 1
met on shipboard
shipboard
2 of 2 adjective
: existing or taken place on board a ship
a shipboard romance
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