shipwreck

CEFRB2

/ˈʃɪpɹɛk/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The destruction of a ship at sea.

  2. 02

    verb

    To destroy or ruin a ship at sea.

Examples

  • A bad wife is the shipwreck of her husband.

  • A bad wife turns her husband into a shipwreck.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

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noun

Extra meanings

  1. An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.

  2. Destruction; disaster; failure; ruin; irretrievable loss.

  3. A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy; a ruined vessel or its remains.

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In context

  • Divers discovered an ancient shipwreck at the bottom of the ocean.

  • heaven will drive shipwrecks ashore to make us all rich

  • Blackfishing from the beach. I've done my research. Hundreds of shipwrecks line the Jersey coast, and many of them are close enough to reach with a long cast on a dead-low tide. These wrecks hold tautog, porgies, sea bass, flounder.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English shipwrak, from Old English sċipwræc (“jetsam”), equivalent to ship + wrack. Cognate with Scots schip-wrak (“to shipwreck”, verb), Dutch scheepswrak (“shipwreck”), German Schiffswrack (“shipwreck”), Swedish skeppsvrak (“shipwreck”), Danish skibsvrag (“shipwreck”). Modern form is due to influence from wreck.