floating dock

floating dock

English

A large floating dock at Bremerhaven, Germany

Noun

floating dock (plural floating docks)

1. (nautical) a dry dock which can float, and is submersible when a ship is entering or leaving it.
2. a floating pier or dock tied to the shore, which can rise and fall with the water level. Typically used by smaller craft.

Synonyms

• (sense 2) landing stage

Translations

floating dry dock

Norwegian: Bokmål: flytedokk m or f Nynorsk: flytedokk f

a floating pier or dock

German: Schwimmdock (de) n

References

• “floating dock” (US) / “floating dock” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.