navy yard

noun

1. a government dockyard where naval ships are built, repaired, and fitted out, and naval supplies and munitions are laid up.

navy yard

noun

1. a naval shipyard, esp in the US

Word History and Origins

Origin of navy yard¹

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

He does not seem to have been propelled by some monstrous psychosis as had apparently driven the Washington Navy Yard shooter.

From The Daily Beast

The Senate will hold a hearing on reforming the security clearance system after failures at the Washington Navy Yard and the NSA.

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I left my church Sunday on 8th Street Southeast, in Washington D.C.'s Navy Yard district.

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Two minutes after the first report of shots fired, two Metropolitan Police units responded to the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.

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To work at the Navy Yard—even as a subcontractor, as Aaron Alexis was—required a security clearance.

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This had rendered unavoidable a twenty percent reduction in wages paid employes in the Navy Yard.

From Project Gutenberg

He did not suppose the steamer would be allowed to anchor at the Navy Yard without orders to that effect.

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The United States navy-yard at Norfolk was one of the most valuable of all the governmental possessions.

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The marines were hurriedly disembarked, and hastened to guard the entrances to the navy-yard.

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The schooner was near the navy-yard, where one thousand men were ready to spring to her assistance at the first alarm.

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