dockyard

Noun

Meaning

A yard or storage place for all sorts of naval stores and timber for shipbuilding.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

wharf harbour port dock shipyard docks shipbuilding yard harbor quay anchorage seaport armory marina creamery basin
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Antonyms

booby trap undock disaster area

Hypernyms

waterfront

Phrases with the word

since Adam was an oakum boy in Chatham Dockyard when Adam was an oakum boy in Chatham Dockyard naval dockyard navy dockyard

Examples

As construction work progressed through the first half of the 19th century, Bermuda became the permanent naval headquarters in Western waters, housing the Admiralty and serving as a base and dockyard. Source: Internet

Did the dockyard have a right to have such rigs there? Source: Internet

Chatham also has military connections; several Army barracks were located here, together with 19th-century forts which provided a defensive shield for the dockyard. Source: Internet

At the heart of Kulturhavn Kronborg lies kulturværftet or The Culture Yard, a new cultural centre and a public library located in the old dockyard. Source: Internet

Delays, bad preparations, dockyard corruption, and the squabbles of the naval and military officers concerned caused the failure of a hopeful scheme. Source: Internet

Beyond the dockyard was marshy land, now called St Mary’s Island, and has several new developments of housing estates. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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