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dockyard

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dock·yard  (dkyärd)
n.
1. An area, often bordering a body of water, with facilities for building, repairing, or dry-docking ships.
2. Chiefly British A navy yard.
dockyard [ˈdɒkˌjɑːd]
n
(Military) a naval establishment with docks, workshops, etc., for the building, fitting out, and repair of vessels
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.dockyarddockyard - an establishment on the waterfront where vessels are built or fitted out or repaired
waterfront - the area of a city (such as a harbor or dockyard) alongside a body of water
Translations
dockyard [ˈdɒkjɑːd] N → astillero m
dockyard [ˈdɒkjɑːrd] n → chantier m naval
dockyard [ˈdɒkˌjɑːd] n → cantiere m (navale)
dockyard [ˈdɒkˌjɑːd] n → cantiere m (navale)
dockyard dock


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Near it are the ruins of a dockyard where Caesar repaired his ships and loaded them with grain when he invaded Britain, fifty years before the Christian era.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
Shall I be a convict in a felt hat and a grey suit, trotting about a dockyard with my number neatly embroidered on my uniform, and the order of the garter on my leg, restrained from chafing my ankle by a twisted belcher handkerchief?
The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context
"So he says," resumed the convict I had recognized - "it was all said and done in half a minute, behind a pile of timber in the Dockyard - 'You're a-going to be discharged?
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