dry-docked; dry-docking; dry-docks
: to place in a dry dock
: a dock that can be kept dry for use during the construction or repairing of ships
Examples of dry-dock in a Sentence
Noun
The dry dock is full.
The ship is in dry dock.
Recent Examples on the Web
Michael Robinson Chavez, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
Frank A. Blazich Jr., The Conversation, 20 May 2024
Even shipbuilders have been tangled in the curbs, with vessels worth hundreds of millions of dollars currently stuck at dry docks in South Korea.
—Stephen Stapczynski, Fortune, 5 May 2024
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Verb
Charter boats were dry-docked or taken to other locations, and land camps were shuttered.
—Michael Robinson Chavez, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
Noun
The universal nature of the pontoons permitted construction of an array of floating structures, including dredges, barges, floating cranes, workshops, storehouses and gas stations, tug boats, pile drivers and dry docks.
—Frank A. Blazich Jr., The Conversation, 20 May 2024
Even shipbuilders have been tangled in the curbs, with vessels worth hundreds of millions of dollars currently stuck at dry docks in South Korea.
—Stephen Stapczynski, Fortune, 5 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for dry-dock
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“Dry-dock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dry-dock. Accessed 3 Jul. 2024.
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