Meaning

1 senses
  1. A dock that can be drained of water and is used in the repair and construction of ships.

    Trockendock

    сухо́й докsuxój dok

    сухий докsuxyj dok

    a large dock from which water can be pumped out; used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
dock that can be drained of water:
Русский
By meaning 1
dock that can be drained of water:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
dock that can be drained of water:

Origin

From dry + dock.

From dry + dock.

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Forms

plural: drydocks

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a large dock from which water can be pumped out; used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline:dry dockgraving dock

Word family

1 related words
Relatedcaisson

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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