navy yard
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of navy yard
First recorded in 1765–75
Example Sentences
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So The Oregon Board of Health brought an infected tissue sample from the navy yard in Bremerton, Washington, to Dr. Lawrence’s lab in Portland.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 19, 2023
AP dispatches said Confederate ironclad vessels were blown up and the navy yard burned at Savannah.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 12, 2014
Two 45,000-ton battleships awarded went to the Brooklyn and Philadelphia Navy Yards, giving navy yard ways five out of eight U. S. battlewagons now on order.
From Time Magazine Archive
The commandant at the navy yard refuses to countenance any newspaper printing anything although everybody and his dog knows she is here.
From Time Magazine Archive
“I heard a tremendous explosion, and, rushing out, saw that the public buildings, navy yard, ropewalks, &c., were on fire.”
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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