dry-dock
verb
\ ˈdrī-ˌdäk
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dry-docked;
dry-docking;
dry-docks
Definition of dry-dock
(Entry 1 of 2)
: to place in a dry dock
dry dock
nounDefinition of dry dock (Entry 2 of 2)
: 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: Noun
Department spokesman Stephanie Garcia says artifacts on board must be taken care of, for storage, before the ship goes into dry dock to fix the leaking hull. — USA TODAY, "Kacey Musgraves, sneaker flap, skiing in July: News from around our 50 states," 3 July 2019 The dry dock will take place in September with new enhancements in place for its four-night reposition cruise from Vancouver to San Diego on Sept. 30. — Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, "Disney Cruise Line adding more New Orleans touches to Disney Wonder," 17 June 2019 That includes both popular destinations as the Ferry Building and the Giants’ ballpark, but also the dormant ship repair dry dock at Pier 70 and a large recycling plant at Pier 96. — Taylor Kate Brown, SFChronicle.com, "Bay Briefing: ‘Blind’ justice in SF — via machine learning?," 13 June 2019 Russian officials have now acknowledged that the October 29 accident involving Russia’s only aircraft carrier and largest floating dry dock has made continuing the refit of the ship impossible. — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, "Russian officials: Nope, we can’t finish fixing the carrier Kuznetsov," 9 Nov. 2018 Heard that some of the crew is going to get a few days’ leave, as our shop bas been damaged and has to be put into dry dock for a few days. — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, "Service Diary of a Corpsman: Roy L. Wall, LST 509," 28 May 2018 After 14 months in dry dock, the ship returned to service on April 19, 2002. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Militant Killed in U.S. Airstrike Was Wanted for USS Cole Bombing," 4 Jan. 2019 The dry dock, the PD-50, was the only one available capable of accommodating the 55,000 ton Admiral Kuznetsov. — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, "Russian officials: Nope, we can’t finish fixing the carrier Kuznetsov," 9 Nov. 2018 This was the first Independence Day turnaround for the historic vessel since 2014, due to the ship’s lengthy restoration in dry dock, said David Wedemeyer, communications manager for the USS Constitution Museum. — Katie Camero, BostonGlobe.com, "USS Constitution sets sail, briefly, on Fourth of July voyage," 4 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'dry-dock.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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