"ship lift" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: ship lifts [plural], shiplift [alternative]
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  1. (mechanical engineering) A device consisting of a structural platform which can be used to launch ships by lowering them into the water, or to lift them into dry dock. Translations (Translations): schepenlift [masculine] (Dutch), Schiffslift [masculine] (German)

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