dock¹ /dok/

1. (often used in pl) an artificial basin for the reception of vessels and cargo
2. The waterway between two wharves or two piers
3. A wharf or pier
4. In a railway station, the place of arrival and departure of a train
5. In the theatre, a space for storing scenery

1. To place in a dock
2. To bring into dock
3. To equip with docks
4. To join (spacecraft) together in space
5. To embed in sand or ooze (obsolete; Shakespeare)

1. To enter a dock
2. To join together in space

dockˈage noun

1. Accommodation in docks for ships
2. Dock-dues

dockˈer noun

A dockside labourer whose job is to load and unload ships

dockˈing noun

dockizāˈtion or dockisāˈtion noun

dockˈize or dockˈise transitive verb

To convert into docks

dockˈ-dues plural noun

Payments for use of a dock

dockˈ-laˈbourer noun

A docker

dockˈland noun

A district round about docks

dockˈ-master noun

The person superintending a dock

dockˈside noun

The area alongside a dock

dockˈ-warrant noun

A warehouse receipt

dockˈyard noun

A naval establishment with docks, building-slips, stores, etc

dry dock see under dry

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