Dry-dock Synonyms

drīdŏk
A large dock from which water can be pumped out; used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline
Synonyms:
  1. graving dock
  2. drydock
  3. dockyard
  4. shipyard
Maneuver (a ship) into a drydock
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. drydock

Words Related to Dry-dock

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. garvel
  2. jwd
  3. Lochnevis
  4. dredger
  5. landing-stage

Dry-dock Sentence Examples

  • The naval arsenal is situated on the " north basin " of the Buenos Aires port, and the military port at Bahia Blanca is provided with a dry dock of the largest size, and extensive repair shops.

  • It now has a large stone dry dock.

  • The docks, accessible only at high water, include a wet basin and a dry dock.

  • It is provided with a large dry-dock and is defended by fortifications of a modern type.

  • The harbour, with wet and slip dock, occupies both sides of the river from the New Bridge to the sea, and is protected on the south by a pier projecting some distance into the sea, and on the north by a breakwater with a commodious dry dock.

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