From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishshipbuildership‧build‧er /ˈʃɪpˌbɪldə $ -ər/ noun [countable] TIa company that makes ships
Examples from the Corpus
shipbuilder• Under the arsenal ship program, however, weapons makers and shipbuilders were working together.• In a constituency such as mine there are many highly skilled men, such as shipbuilders and welders, out of work.• To assist this plan, the Navy is asking shipbuilders to construct low-maintenance ships that are heavily automated.• John Knollys was one of the finest shipbuilders in that part of Cornwall.• John Stafford quit as chief executive of Cammell Laird after the crisis-hit shipbuilder plunged to a first-half loss.• I built up the same sort of profile about the shipbuilder.• Decades later, the shipbuilder was still enjoying his island idyll.From Longman Business Dictionaryshipbuildership‧build‧er /ˈʃɪpˌbɪldə-ər/ noun [countable] a company that makes ships —shipbuilding noun [uncountable]key industries such as steel and shipbuilding 