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drydock
(redirected from Graving dry dock)

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Noun1.drydock - a large dock from which water can be pumped outdrydock - a large dock from which water can be pumped out; used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline
docking facility, dockage, dock - landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out; "the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late"
floating dock, floating dry dock - dry dock that can be submerged under a vessel and then raised
shipyard - a workplace where ships are built or repaired
Verb1.drydock - maneuver (a ship) into a drydock
dock - maneuver into a dock; "dock the ships"


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The vessel would be berthed at Graving dry docks, next door to Pacific Quay, which is earmarked for a pounds 75million science park and may become the new HQ of BBC Scotland.
 
 
 
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