- Types Of Speech
- You can use shipwreck as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
- About Shipwreck
- A 2 syllables noun and 9 letters with the letters c, e, h, i, k, p, r, s, and w, 7 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letter w. Shipwreck starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters s, sh, shi, ship, shipw, and the ending characters are k, ck, eck, reck, wreck, ..
- Definition
- A wrecked ship (or a part of one)
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- Compound Words
- A compound word, shipwreck has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are ship, and wreck.
- Pig Latin
- Shipwreck in Pig Latin is said as "ipwreckshay or ipwreckshway".
- Unigram
- s | h | i | p | w | r | e | c | k
- Bigram
- sh | hi | ip | pw | wr | re | ec | ck
- Trigram
- shi | hip | ipw | pwr | wre | rec | eck
- Quadrigram
- ship | hipw | ipwr | pwre | wrec | reck
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- a wrecked ship (or a part of one)
- an accident that destroys a ship at sea
- an irretrievable loss;
"that was the shipwreck of their romance"
- Verb Examples
- destroy a ship;
"The vessel was shipwrecked" - cause to experience shipwreck;
"They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea" - suffer failure, as in some enterprise
- ruin utterly;
"You have shipwrecked my career"
Synonym | Definition |
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Accident | anything that happens by chance without an apparent cause |
Accumulate | collect or gather "Journals are accumulating in my office" "The work keeps piling up" |
Amass | collect or gather "Journals are accumulating in my office" "The work keeps piling up" |
Annihilate | kill in large numbers "the plague wiped out an entire population" |
Bad Luck | |
Bang | a conspicuous success "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career" "that new Broadway show is a real smasher" "the party went with a bang" |
Beach | an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake |
Beginner | a person who founds or establishes some institution "George Washington is the father of his country" |
Binge | an occasion for excessive eating or drinking "they went on a bust that lasted three days" |
Blow | forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth "he gave his nose a loud blow" "he blew out all the candles with a single puff" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Shipwreck
Word | Definition |
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Shipwreck | a wrecked ship (or a part of one) |
Word | Definition |
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Ship | a vessel that carries passengers or freight |
Shipwreck Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With S
- Ends With K
- Spelled With / Contains Letters