DRY DOCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dry dock mean? 

• DRY DOCK (noun)
  The noun DRY DOCK has 1 sense:

1. a large dock from which water can be pumped out; used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline

  Familiarity information: DRY DOCK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRY DOCK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large dock from which water can be pumped out; used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

dry dock; drydock; graving dock

Hypernyms ("dry dock" is a kind of...):

dock; dockage; docking facility (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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dry dock"):

floating dock; floating dry dock (dry dock that can be submerged under a vessel and then raised)

Holonyms ("dry dock" is a part of...):

shipyard (a workplace where ships are built or repaired)