floating dock
nounDefinition of floating dock
: 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
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Laurie Wyatt Driscoll, who holds the permit for Wyatt Pier, is renting it and an associated floating dock on a month-to-month basis from the port, paying $20,160 per year to do so. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Your pier or mine? La Playa docks are dredging up big controversy in this upscale Shelter Island area," 24 Aug. 2019 Put in a kayak at the floating dock near the Illinois Ave. — Travel Wisconsin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Visit the Wisconsin Dells for an overnight adventure," 14 July 2019 Barrels have been found before in Wallowa Lake, rusty leftovers from a time when empty drums were used as floats or filled with rocks or cement to anchor floating docks. — oregonlive.com, "With five barrels removed, Wallowa Lake recovery effort ends," 18 June 2019 Ninety-minute boat tours of St. Mary Lake depart from a floating dock at Rising Sun Campground. — National Geographic, "A guide to Glacier National Park," 17 Apr. 2019 Back in May 2007, the News-Sun reported that the Port District was making the move to floating docks because some boats were as much as 8 feet below their moorings. — Dan Moran, Lake County News-Sun, "Moran: Stormy spring has Lake Michigan running high along the Waukegan shore," 7 June 2019 The Flyer sits on a floating dock, which serves as a helipad. — Dan Neil, WSJ, "The First Flying-Car Review," 12 Sep. 2018 The lodge consists of two barges connected by a network of floating docks, including one that operates as a helipad. — Melanie Kirkpatrick, WSJ, "Cold, Windy Bliss on a Salmon Fishing Trip," 9 Aug. 2018 Tell me all about it: This fabulous five-bedroom home sits on Gardens Lagoon and features floating docks and three private boat slips. — Shannon Rooney, Philly.com, "Shore Envy: Seaside getaways in Ocean City, N.J.," 9 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'floating dock.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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