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Type Words
Synonyms pier, wharf, wharfage
Type of platform
Has types quay, levee
Type Words
Synonyms loading dock
Type of platform
Type Words
Synonyms dockage, docking facility
Type of landing place, landing
Has types marina, graving dock, drydock, dry dock


the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late.
Type Words
Synonyms bob, bobtail
Type of tail
Type Words
Synonyms sorrel, sour grass
Type of herbaceous plant, herb
Has types french sorrel, garden sorrel, sheep sorrel, sheep's sorrel, rumex scutatus, rumex obtusifolius, rumex acetosa, bitter dock, yellow dock, broad-leaved dock, sour dock, rumex acetosella
Type Words
Synonyms bob, tail
Type of cut
Type Words
Type of enclosure
Type Words
Type of get in, enter, move into, go into, go in, get into, come in
Has types moor, berth, wharf
Derivation dockage, docker, docking


the ship docked.
Type Words
Type of recoup, withhold, deduct
Type Words
Type of deprive
Type Words
Type of guide, head, manoeuver, manoeuvre, maneuver, direct, channelize, channelise, point, steer
Has types drydock, dry-dock
Derivation docking, docker


dock the ships.
Type Words
Type of body part

Examples of dock

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A ship with 80 dock workers was swept away from a shipyard in Miyagi prefecture.
From the thenewstribune.com
Its built-in wetland dock proposes to clean the canal naturally with phragmites.
From the cnn.com
Why this reporting of a shout of denial from the convicted prisoner in the dock?
From the guardian.co.uk
You dock close to the centre of Esbjerg, about 15 minutes'walk from the station.
From the independent.co.uk
Of course, nobody is complaining about old denominal verbs like surface or dock.
From the nytimes.com
Mark Timmerman watches his dog Cher jump off his dock into the Sacramento River.
From the sacbee.com
Then I'd stroll along Circular Quay, where the ferries dock, to the Opera House.
From the time.com
They also fear the ban could push ships to dock in less-regulated ports of call.
From the stltoday.com
The intruders gained access by cutting a 3-foot hole in fencing around the dock.
From the chron.com
More examples
  • Come into dock; "the ship docked"
  • An enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial
  • Any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
  • Deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty
  • Deduct from someone's wages
  • Pier: a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
  • The program UCSF DOCK was created in the 1980's by Irwin "Tack" Kuntz's Group, and was the first docking program.Kuntz ID, Blaney JM, Oatley SJ, Langridge R, Ferrin TE. A geometric approach to macromolecule-ligand interactions. J Mol Biol. 1982 Oct 25;161(2):269-88. ...
  • Docking is used as a term for the intentional removal of part of an animal's tail or ears. The term cropping is also used, more commonly in reference to the docking of ears, while docking more commonly--but not exclusively--refers to the tail. The term tailing is also commonly used. ...
  • Hayden Scott-Baron (born April 6, 1980), better known as Dock, is an English professional illustrator and graphic designer. In 2001 he joined up with other comic creators Laura Watton, Sam Brown/Subi and Foxy in founding one of the largest UK Manga Studios, Sweatdrop Studios.