floating dock

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floating dock

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Noun

floating dock (plural floating docks)

1. (nautical) a dry dock which can float, and is submersible when a ship is entering or leaving it.
2. a floating pier or dock tied to the shore, which can rise and fall with the water level. Typically used by smaller craft.

Synonyms

• (sense 2) landing stage

Translations

floating dry dock

Chinese: Mandarin: 浮船塢 / 浮船坞 (fúchuánwù) Danish: flydedok c Norwegian: Bokmål: flytedokk m or f Nynorsk: flytedokk f Romanian: doc plutitor (ro) n Swedish: flytdocka (sv) c

a floating pier or dock

Danish: flydedok c German: Schwimmdock (de) n Swedish: flytbrygga c

References

• “floating dock”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.