graving dock (redirected from graving docks)

grav·ing dock (grvng)

n.

A dry dock where the hulls of ships are repaired and maintained.

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graving dock

n

(Transport / Nautical Terms) another term for dry dock

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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

graving dock [ˈgreɪvɪŋdɒk] N (Naut) → dique m de carena

graving dock

n → Trockendock nt