drydock
Noun
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Noun
drydock (plural drydocks)
- (nautical) A dock that can be drained of water and is used in the repair and construction of ships.
- French: cale sèche, forme de radoub
- German: Trockendock
- Italian: bacino di carenaggio
- Portuguese: dique seco, doca seca
- Russian: сухо́й док
- Spanish: dique seco
drydock (drydocks, present participle drydocking; past and past participle drydocked)
- (transitive) To place (a ship) in a drydock.
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