floating dock

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noun

a submersible, floating structure used as a dry dock, having a floor that is submerged, slipped under a floating vessel, and then raised so as to raise the vessel entirely out of the water.

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Also called floating dry dock .

Origin of floating dock

First recorded in 1865–70

Words nearby floating dock

floating, floating assets, floating cartilage, floating charge, floating debt, floating dock, floating exchange rate, floating foundation, floating gang, floating heart, floating island

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How to use floating dock in a sentence

He observes the bodies floating away on the river, pulling on his cigarette with a sneer.
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Search teams find dozens of people and jet debris floating in the Java Sea, as the airline confirms the wreckage is from QZ8501.
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The 26 were beaten by the bailiffs as they filed into a caged dock, sobbing, on Dec. 21.
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The last time there was a raid of this scale was in 2001, when 52 men were arrested on Queen Boat, a floating disco on the Nile.
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Once the ships that rescued them dock at port, they disembark.
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After a bit of waiting, Mac decided that the smoke was floating from a certain direction, and we began to edge carefully that way.
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The fire crackled around the Dutch ovens, and the odor of coffee came floating by.
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It was like a dream of beauty suspended in the air before you—floating there—and you didn't want to disturb it.
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She wore a gown of white tulle upon whose floating surface were a few dark-blue lilies.
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British Dictionary definitions for floating dock

floating dock

noun

a large boxlike structure that can be submerged to allow a vessel to enter it and then floated to raise the vessel out of the water for maintenance or repairAlso called: floating dry dock

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