dry-dock
1 of 2verb
ˈdrī-ˌdäk 
dry-docked; dry-docking; dry-docks
transitive verb
: to place in a dry dock
dry dock
2 of 2noun
: a dock that can be kept dry for use during the construction or repairing of ships
Example Sentences
Noun The dry dock is full. The ship is in dry dock.
Recent Examples on the Web
Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2022 The yachts here are in fact sitting in a dry dock covered by a 25,000-square foot sheet of teal plastic designed to look like a shimmering marina. Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 8 May 2022 According to the company, the design incorporates features based on the company’s experiences with owning, operating, and maintaining a similar dry dock at its ship repair facility at the Austal West Campus in Mobile. William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 20 June 2022 Like so many others, the threesome was in dry dock for the past two years and wanted to check out the grand opening. George Castle, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2022 The financial support would also allow the purchase of a floating dry dock potentially able to accept Freedom Class Littoral Combat ship other craft up to roughly the size of a Virginia Class submarine. Craig Hooper, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2021 The Scheherazade, a $700 million, 459-foot vessel, has been in dry dock in Italy as it was repaired, but was put into water again this week. Chris Morris, Fortune, 6 May 2022 The nonpartisan agency attributes the problem to everything from the flooding of a dry dock at NASSCO, which affected the yard’s ability to build ships, to unspecified performance issues, inflation and the pandemic. Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2022 And to get the dry dock in place, the company must ensure the Galveston Ship Channel is deep enough. John Wayne Ferguson, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Apr. 2022 See More
Noun
The ship will return to service on April 26 after dry dock. Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2022 The yachts here are in fact sitting in a dry dock covered by a 25,000-square foot sheet of teal plastic designed to look like a shimmering marina. Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 8 May 2022 According to the company, the design incorporates features based on the company’s experiences with owning, operating, and maintaining a similar dry dock at its ship repair facility at the Austal West Campus in Mobile. William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 20 June 2022 Like so many others, the threesome was in dry dock for the past two years and wanted to check out the grand opening. George Castle, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2022 The financial support would also allow the purchase of a floating dry dock potentially able to accept Freedom Class Littoral Combat ship other craft up to roughly the size of a Virginia Class submarine. Craig Hooper, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2021 The Scheherazade, a $700 million, 459-foot vessel, has been in dry dock in Italy as it was repaired, but was put into water again this week. Chris Morris, Fortune, 6 May 2022 The nonpartisan agency attributes the problem to everything from the flooding of a dry dock at NASSCO, which affected the yard’s ability to build ships, to unspecified performance issues, inflation and the pandemic. Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2022 And to get the dry dock in place, the company must ensure the Galveston Ship Channel is deep enough. John Wayne Ferguson, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
Verb
1854, in the meaning defined above
Noun
1626, in the meaning defined above