navy yard

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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, Naxçivan, Naxos, nay

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How to use navy yard in a sentence

He does not seem to have been propelled by some monstrous psychosis as had apparently driven the Washington Navy Yard shooter.
We Already Know What Adam Lanza’s Real Motive Was at Sandy Hook|Michael Daly|November 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The Senate will hold a hearing on reforming the security clearance system after failures at the Washington Navy Yard and the NSA.
The Security Clearance System Does Not Work|Miranda Green|October 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I left my church Sunday on 8th Street Southeast, in Washington D.C.'s Navy Yard district.
Gun Crazy: No More 'Thoughts and Prayers'|Joshua DuBois|September 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Two minutes after the first report of shots fired, two Metropolitan Police units responded to the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.
Inside the Washington Navy Yard’s Building 197 During Alexis’s Rampage|Michael Daly|September 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST

To work at the Navy Yard—even as a subcontractor, as Aaron Alexis was—required a security clearance.
Now Is Not the Time for New Gun Laws|Nick Gillespie|September 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
This had rendered unavoidable a twenty percent reduction in wages paid employes in the Navy Yard.
A History of Trade Unionism in the United States|Selig Perlman
He did not suppose the steamer would be allowed to anchor at the Navy Yard without orders to that effect.
Within The Enemy's Lines|Oliver Optic
The United States navy-yard at Norfolk was one of the most valuable of all the governmental possessions.
The Naval History of the United States|Willis J. Abbot.
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.
The schooner was near the navy-yard, where one thousand men were ready to spring to her assistance at the first alarm.
The Naval History of the United States|Willis J. Abbot.

British Dictionary definitions for navy yard

navy yard

noun

a naval shipyard, esp in the US

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