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noun
- 1. an enclosed area of water in a port for the loading, unloading, and repair of ships: "the boat nosed up to a dock"
- 2. a device in which a laptop, smartphone, or other mobile device may be placed for charging, providing access to a power supply and to peripheral devices or auxiliary features; a docking station.
verb
- 1. (of a ship) come into a dock and tie up at a wharf: "the ship docked at Southampton"
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1. a. : a place (such as a wharf or platform) for the loading or unloading of materials. b. : a usually wooden pier used as a landing place or moorage for boats. 2. or docking station : a device in which a smartphone, digital camera, etc., is placed for charging, accessing a power supply, or connecting to another electronic device. 3.
dock noun [C] (STRUCTURE) Add to word list. a structure built out over water in a port along which ships can land to load and unload, or the enclosed area of water between two such structures. A dock is also a flat, raised area attached to a building and used for loading and unloading trucks.
the space or waterway between two piers or wharves, as for receiving a ship while in port. such a waterway, enclosed or open, together with the surrounding piers, wharves, etc. dry dock. a platform for loading and unloading trucks, railway freight cars, etc. an airplane hangar or repair shed.
A dock is a structure that's made for bringing boats or ships in to the shore and loading or unloading them of goods or passengers. The small dock behind your lake house might be mainly used for launching your canoe.
The area of water between two piers or alongside a pier that receives a vessel for loading, unloading, or repairs: The boat moved slowly into the dock. 2. A floating platform attached to a mooring and used as a rest or play area when swimming. 3. A platform or door at which trucks or trains load or unload cargo.
A dock is an enclosed area of water where ships are loaded, unloaded, or repaired.
(computing) a piece of equipment to which a laptop, smartphone or other mobile device can be connected, to provide access to a power supply or so that it can be used with a printer, a keyboard, speakers, etc.
docks [plural] a group of docks in a port and the buildings around them that are used for repairing ships, storing goods, etc. [countable] a long low structure built along, or out from, the shore of a lake, river, or the ocean, used by boats to allow passengers to get on and off synonym wharf, pier.
DOCK definition: 1. the place where ships stop and goods are taken off or put on 2. the place in a law court where…. Learn more.
A floating platform attached to a mooring and used as a rest or play area when swimming. A platform or door at which trucks or trains load or unload cargo. To bring or pilot (a ship) to or into a dock and moor it. To come to or into a dock and moor.
