dockyard

American  

[dok-yahrd] / ˈdɒkˌjɑrd /

noun

1. a waterside area containing docks, workshops, warehouses, etc., for building, outfitting, and repairing ships, for storing naval supplies, etc.

2. British. a navy yard.

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dockyard British  

/ ˈdɒkˌjɑːd /

noun

1. a naval establishment with docks, workshops, etc, for the building, fitting out, and repair of vessels

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Etymology

Origin of dockyard

First recorded in 1695–1705; dock ¹ + yard ²

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Example Sentences

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dockyard

The new exhibition will open at Pembroke Dock Heritage Centre on 8 June, 200 years after Erebus was launched from the dockyard there in June 1826.

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

They described 19-year-old Zacharias Atkinson, also known as Puddy, as having "lived every moment to the fullest" after he was fatally injured at a privately-owned dockyard site in Bootle, Merseyside, on Wednesday afternoon.

From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2024

The town itself was founded as a Royal Navy dockyard in 1814, and five Royal Yachts were among the many ships built there.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2024

Solih insisted that the Indian military’s presence in the Maldives was only to build a dockyard under an agreement between the two governments and that his country’s sovereignty won’t be violated.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 2, 2023

The dockyard was vast and isolated—the ideal place for, say, a renegade god and his horde of demons to settle in.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

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