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

Noun

a dock that can be pumped dry to permit work on a ship's bottom

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) → dique m seco

dry dock n (Naut) → cale sèche, bassin m de radoub

dry dock dry n → Trockendock nt

dry dock n (NAUT) → bacino di carenaggio