amidships

1. 1.

   at or near or toward the center of a ship

   “in the late 19th century, engines were placed in front, amidships, and at the rear”

   Synonymsamidshipmidships

Questions about amidships

What does amidships mean?

amidships means "at or near or toward the center of a ship".

How many syllables are in amidships?

amidships has 3 syllables: a-mid-ships. The stress falls on "mid". In IPA it is /əˈmɪdʃɪps/.

What is another word for amidships?

Close synonyms include amidship, midships. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is amidships a common word?

amidships is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.