drydock

Speech parts

1. drydock - Noun

2. drydock - Verb

Meaning

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

maneuver (a ship) into a drydock

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

dockyard shipyard dry dock graving dock

Hypernyms

dock dockage docking facility

Hyponyms

floating dock floating dry dock

Examples

At Dawn We Slept page 49 in drydock with Cassin and Downes, hit by one bomb and debris from USS Cassin; remained in service. 9 dead. Source: Internet

Kitty Hawk was launched by flooding her drydock; the conventional slide method down was ruled out because of her mass and the risk that she might hit the Philadelphia shore on the far side of the Delaware River. Source: Internet

In the thirty-eight years between 1968 and 2006, ten of the gargantuan flattops were built in a huge 662-meter long drydock in Newport News, Virginia, each one introducing improvements over its predecessor. Source: Internet

In the winter of 1897–1898 she was put in drydock where bilge keels were installed to improve her stability. Source: Internet

Larry Cotter, president of Alaska Longline Co., speaks at the christening of the longline vessel F/V Artic Prowler at Alaska Ship and Drydock in Ketchikan on Oct. 5, 2013. Source: Internet

Monitor'' was finally taken out of drydock on 26 October. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Dryden Drydenesque Drydenian drydown Drye dryer