noun
Meaning 1
A place where ships are repaired or outfitted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
dockyard
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noun
Meaning 2
an establishment on the waterfront where vessels are built or fitted out or repaired
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: waterfront
History
Etymology
From dock + yard.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: корабострои́телница (korabostroítelnica) — ship repair place
- Chinese Mandarin: 船廠 /船厂 (chuánchǎng) — ship repair place
- Chinese Mandarin: 造船所 (zàochuánsuǒ) — ship repair place
- Chinese Mandarin: 造船廠 /造船厂 (zàochuánchǎng) — ship repair place
- Finnish: telakka — ship repair place
- Finnish: korjaustelakka — ship repair place
- French: chantier naval — ship repair place
- German: Werft — ship repair place
- Greek: ναυπηγείο (nafpigeío) — ship repair place
- Greek: νεώριο (neório) — ship repair place
- Ancient Greek: νεώριον (neṓrion) — ship repair place
- Ancient Greek: ναυπήγιον (naupḗgion) — ship repair place
- Japanese: 造船所 (zōsensho) — ship repair place
- Polish: stocznia — ship repair place
- Portuguese: estaleiro — ship repair place
- Russian: судоремо́нтный заво́д (sudoremóntnyj zavód) — ship repair place
- Russian: судостроительная верфь (sudostroitelʹnaja verfʹ) — ship repair place
- Spanish: astillero — ship repair place
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