Definition of "shipboard" [ship•board]

• The condition of being aboard a ship: on shipboard. (noun)
• Archaic The side of a ship. (noun)
• Existing or occurring on board a ship: a shipboard fire. (adjective)

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• "Between the Macphails and the Davidsons, who were missionaries, there had arisen the intimacy of shipboard, which is due to propinquity rather than to any community of taste."
• "My records for Kira and O'Brien indicate they were lost in some kind of shipboard battle, trying to ward off an invading force."
• "Choosing a cruise, frankly, depends more on the kind of shipboard experience you're looking for than what you want to see of Mexico."