# shipboard

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #54,481

## Definitions
1. Occurring or existing on board a ship.
2. casual or ephemeral (e.g. a shipboard romance)

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English schip bord; equivalent to ship + board.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/shipboard