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dry dock
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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.

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
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Noun1.dry dockdry dock - 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
Translations
dry dock n (Naut) → bacino di carenaggio
dry dock n (Naut) → bacino di carenaggio


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The Brooklyn Navy Yard also maintains six dry-docks and four piers active with maritime industrial uses.
3 million square-feet of waterfront space, which includes 6 dry-docks and 5 shipping piers, has a phenomenally high occupancy rate of nearly 95 percent.
Bollinger is the largest vessel repair company in the Gulf of Mexico region with a total of 42 dry-docks in Louisiana and Texas.
 
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