floating dock

noun

: a dock that floats on the water and can be partly submerged to permit entry of a ship and raised to keep the ship high and dry

called also floating drydock

Examples of floating dock in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

These examples are automatically compiled from online sources to illustrate current usage. Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Doing the worm on the carpet and a cartwheel on the floating dock is not enough to impress, babes. —

Emma Soren, Vulture, 22 July 2024 The park also features two new public piers, a floating dock, restrooms and a 5,580-square-foot ground mural titled Lady Bayview by Raylene Gorum, an artist with family roots in the Bayview. —

Shawna Chen, Axios, 22 Oct. 2024 The floating dock was built for local crewing programs. —

Karri Peifer, Axios, 10 July 2024 Alaska makes the top spot on the list, thanks to a surge of new offerings in the Inside Passage, from new cruise ships to a new port on Prince of Wales Island and a huge, floating dock in Skagway. —

Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for floating dock

Word History

First Known Use

1776, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of floating dock was in 1776

See more words from the same year

Cite this Entry

Style

“Floating dock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/floating%20dock. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.

Copy Citation