Definitions for amidship

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amidship a·mid·ships

Spelling: [uh-mid-ships]

IPA: /əˈmɪdˌʃɪps/

Amidship is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 240 anagrams from letters in amidship (adhiimps).

Definitions for amidship

adverb

1. in or toward the middle part of a ship or aircraft; midway between the ends.
2. along the central fore-and-aft line of a ship or aircraft.
3. in or toward the center of anything:

adjective

1. of, relating to, or located in the middle part of a ship or aircraft.

Origin of amidship

First recorded in 1685-95; amid + ship¹ + -s¹

Examples for amidship

They'll have the sense to slip then, I hope, and make for the safety of wide waters, with an amidship helm.'

He made a trip of his own along the main-deck, scrambling upon the spars to avoid the occasional deluge which swept her amidship.

amidship, Kass was again studying the eyepiece of the ampliscope.

As he did so he noticed that the white object was a tent, and that there was a single "shanty" amidship.

Slowly we pushed her away from the bank, Jim at the stern, Tom amidship and I in the bow.

She was crossing the channel, and they struck her amidship, sinking her almost instantly.

She was about four thousand tons, and her engines were sternward and not amidship.