/ ˈʃɪprek; NAmE / noun , verb
■ noun
1.
[ U , C ] the loss or destruction of a ship at sea because of a storm or because it hits rocks, etc. :
They narrowly escaped shipwreck in a storm in the North Sea.
2.
[ C ] a ship that has been lost or destroyed at sea :
The contents of shipwrecks belong to the state.
■ verb
[ vn ] be shipwrecked to be left somewhere after the ship that you have been sailing in has been lost or destroyed at sea
► ship·wrecked adjective :
a shipwrecked sailor