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    DRY DOCK

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A large dock from which water can be pumped out; used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterlineplay

    Synonyms:

    dry dock; drydock; graving dock

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("dry dock" is a kind of...):

    dock; dockage; docking facility (landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dry dock"):

    floating dock; floating dry dock (dry dock that can be submerged under a vessel and then raised)

    Holonyms ("dry dock" is a part of...):

    shipyard (a workplace where ships are built or repaired)

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