dry dock (redirected from dry-docks)

dry dock

n.

A large dock in the form of a basin from which the water can be emptied, used for building or repairing a ship below its water line.

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dry dock

n

(Engineering / Civil Engineering) a basin-like structure that is large enough to admit a ship and that can be pumped dry for work on the ship's bottom

vb dry-dock

(Transport / Nautical Terms) to put (a ship) into a dry dock, or (of a ship) to go into a dry dock

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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

Translations

dry dock n (Naut) → bacino di carenaggio

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dry dock n (Naut) → bacino di carenaggio