Added 10 October 2026 slipway noun Categories: ThingsRare Words noun ! Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about slipway at Wordnik → Where our words come from → A sloping surface, leading down to the shore or to a river, on which ships are built, repaired or stored and from which they are launched. A slip road. Related Words: shipwaywaysbilgebrigramphatchpathwedgewayrouteholddock Back to today's word