drydock

drydock

See also: dry-dock and dry dock

English

Drydock (Canada, 1975)

Alternative forms

• dry dock, dry-dock

Etymology

dry +‎ dock

Noun

drydock (plural drydocks)

1. (nautical) A dock that can be drained of water and is used in the repair and construction of ships.

Translations

dock that can be drained of water

Czech: suchý dok m Danish: tørdok c Dutch: droogdok (nl) n Finnish: allastelakka French: cale sèche (fr) f Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Trockendock (de) n Greek: νεώριο (el) n (neório)

Hebrew: מִבְדּוֹק יָבֵש‎ (he) m (mivdok yavesh) Icelandic: þurrkví f Norwegian: Bokmål: tørrdokk f Nynorsk: turrdokk f Portuguese: dique seco m, doca seca f Russian: сухо́й док (ru) m (suxój dok) Spanish: dique seco m

Verb

drydock (third-person singular simple present drydocks, present participle drydocking, simple past and past participle drydocked)

1. (transitive) To place (a ship) in a drydock.