n.
1.a wrecked ship (or a part of one)
2.an irretrievable loss
3.an accident that destroys a ship at sea shipwreck v.
1.ruin utterly
2.suffer failure, as in some enterprise
3.cause to experience shipwreck
4.destroy a ship
Idiom of the Day
off-color
to be in bad taste, to not be polite, to be not the exact color
The man likes to tell off-color jokes which most people do not like. We painted the walls an off-color of white.