navy yard

noun

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

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Origin of navy yard

First recorded in 1765–75

Words nearby navy yard

navy cross, navy cut, navy gray, navy list, navy plug, navy yard, nawab, naxalite, naxos, naxçivan, nay

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Example sentences from the Web for navy yard

The marines were hurriedly disembarked, and hastened to guard the entrances to the navy-yard.
The Naval History of the United States|Willis J. Abbot.
Since corrupted into the Wallabout, the bay where the navy-yard is situated.
Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete|Washington Irving
On his arrival in New York he hastened across the ferry to the navy-yard.
Stand By The Union|Oliver Optic
And right here, he had to admit to himself, he didn't have so very much the best of Heels of the navy-yard.
Wide Courses|James Brendan Connolly

And in a moment more the youth had run out of the navy-yard and was on board of another car.
Fighting in Cuban Waters|Edward Stratemeyer

British Dictionary definitions for navy yard

navy yard

noun

a naval shipyard, esp in the US

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