shipboard

Everyday

1. On shipboard means on or aboard a ship. tree →
2. As an adjective, shipboard describes things that happen or are used on a ship: shipboard life, a shipboard romance, shipboard computers. tree →

In the lessons

A travel and sea word. Stories of voyages talk about shipboard life: sleeping in bunks or hammocks, meals in the galley, fire and lifeboat drills. In The Wind in the Willows the Sea Rat tells of his shipboard life and voyages to faraway ports. «On shipboard» is a little old-fashioned; today people say «on board» or «aboard».

Examples

• Shipboard life was hard for the young sailors. tree →
• They held a shipboard concert on the last night of the voyage. tree →
• Everyone on shipboard must know where the lifeboats are. tree →
• The Sea Rat told stories of shipboard adventures. tree →
• Shipboard radar helps the captain see in fog. tree →
• The passengers grew bored with shipboard food. tree →
• A SAILOR, bound on a long voyage, took with him a Monkey to amuse him while on shipboard. tree →

Note

Mostly used before a noun as an adjective. «On shipboard» is older; prefer «on board» or «aboard» in your own writing. Not to be confused with «shipyard» (where ships are built).