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drydock

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: nautical, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To place (a ship) in a drydock.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: haul out

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a large dock from which water can be pumped out; used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dry dock, graving dock

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dock, dockage, docking facility

Narrower terms: floating dock, floating dry dock

4

verb

Meaning 4

maneuver (a ship) into a drydock

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dry-dock

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dock

History

Etymology

From dry + dock.

Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: droogdok — dock that can be drained of water
  • Arabic: حوض جاف (ḥawḍ jāff) — dock that can be drained of water
  • Belarusian: сухі док (suxi dok) — dock that can be drained of water
  • Bulgarian: сух док (suh dok) — dock that can be drained of water
  • Catalan: dic sec — dock that can be drained of water
  • Catalan: escar — dock that can be drained of water
  • Chinese Mandarin: 旱塢 /旱坞 (hànwù) — dock that can be drained of water
  • Chinese Mandarin: 乾塢 /干坞 (gānwù) — dock that can be drained of water
  • Czech: suchý dok — dock that can be drained of water
  • Danish: tørdok — dock that can be drained of water
  • Dutch: droogdok — dock that can be drained of water
  • Esperanto: seka digo — dock that can be drained of water
  • Esperanto: karena digo — dock that can be drained of water
  • Estonian: kuivdokk — dock that can be drained of water
  • Finnish: allastelakka — dock that can be drained of water
  • Finnish: kuivatelakka — dock that can be drained of water
  • French: cale sèche — dock that can be drained of water
  • French: forme de radoub — dock that can be drained of water
  • Galician: dique seco — dock that can be drained of water
  • German: Trockendock — dock that can be drained of water
  • Greek: νεώριο (neório) — dock that can be drained of water
  • Hebrew: מִבְדּוֹק יָבֵש (mivdok yavesh) — dock that can be drained of water
  • Icelandic: þurrkví — dock that can be drained of water
  • Italian: bacino di carenaggio — dock that can be drained of water
  • Japanese: 乾ドック (inuidokku) — dock that can be drained of water
  • Lithuanian: sausasis dokas — dock that can be drained of water
  • Malay: limbungan kering — dock that can be drained of water
  • Malayalam: ഡ്രൈഡോക്ക് (ḍraiḍōkkŭ) — dock that can be drained of water
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tørrdokk — dock that can be drained of water
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: turrdokk — dock that can be drained of water
  • Polish: suchy dok — dock that can be drained of water
  • Portuguese: dique seco — dock that can be drained of water
  • Portuguese: doca seca — dock that can be drained of water
  • Romanian: doc uscat — dock that can be drained of water
  • Romanian: bazin de radub — dock that can be drained of water
  • Russian: сухо́й док (suxój dok) — dock that can be drained of water
  • Slovene: suhi dok — dock that can be drained of water
  • Spanish: varadero — dock that can be drained of water
  • Swedish: torrdocka — dock that can be drained of water
  • Turkish: havuz — dock that can be drained of water
  • Ukrainian: сухий док (suxyj dok) — dock that can be drained of water
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