Dry dock Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a large dock from which water can be pumped out; used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline
graving dock; drydock.
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- a dock from which the water may be shut or pumped out, especially, one in the form of a chamber having walls and floor, often of masonry and communicating with deep water, but having appliances for excluding it; used in constructing or repairing ships. The name includes structures used for the examination, repairing, or building of vessels, as graving docks, floating docks, hydraulic docks, etc.
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- . See under
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