shipwreck
🇺🇸
/ˈʃɪprek/
🇬🇧
/ˈʃɪprek/
noun
R
When a ship is destroyed or lost at sea, usually because of a storm or hitting rocks.
They narrowly escaped a shipwreck in a storm in the North Sea.
R
A ship that has been lost or destroyed at sea.
The contents of shipwrecks belong to the state.
verb
R
When someone is sailing in a ship that gets lost or destroyed at sea.
They were shipwrecked off the coast of Africa.
translation
When a ship is destroyed or lost at sea, usually because of a storm or hitting rocks.; A ship that has been lost or destroyed at sea.
When someone is sailing in a ship that gets lost or destroyed at sea.
Word Forms
3rd Present
shipwrecks
Past
shipwrecked
Perfect
shipwrecked
Progressive
shipwrecking
Plural
shipwrecks