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Dry dock   /draɪ dɑk/   Listen
Dry dock

noun
1.
A large dock from which water can be pumped out; used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline.  Synonyms: drydock, graving dock.



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"Dry dock" Quotes from Famous Books



... there will be no difficulty in landing the largest rigid airships in a wind of from thirty-five to forty miles an hour. This spells an immense advance. Sheds will still be necessary for overhauls and repairs, as a dry dock is necessary for sea-going vessels. But an airship on service may be moored to the mast, as a sea-going vessel is moored to a quay, and can take on board or discharge cargo, passengers, ...
— The War in the Air; Vol. 1 - The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force • Walter Raleigh



Words linked to "Dry dock" :   dock, shipyard, docking facility, dockage, floating dock



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