dock

[US]/dɒk/
[UK]/dɑːk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a place for ships to load and unload goods, passengers, etc.; a structure or area where ships are repaired or built
vt. to trim or shorten; to bring (a ship) into a dock
vi. to come into a dock

Phrases & Collocations

loading dock

dock worker

dockyard

boat dock

docked ship

dock in

in the dock

dry dock

floating dock

in dry dock

Example Sentences

We'll lead with the dock strike.

mooring the rowboat at the dock;

the docks fell into desuetude .

the ship docked at Southampton.

most docking is done by breeders.

the pension was docked in proportion to earnings.

The sailors docked the ship.

a dock pushing far out into the sea

The docks finger out into the water.

The cruise ship is strikebound in the dock .

waterfront docks; waterfront mills.

We took the children to the dock to see the ships.

He docked the ship.

He was born in squalor next to London’s docks.

the yard where the boats were docked and maintained.

the user wants to dock a portable into a desktop computer.

a visit to the docks can be a fascinating eye-opener.

moor a ship to a dock; a dirigible moored to a tower.

They docked him of the pleasures of childhood.

Real-world Examples

We left the docks on a beautiful afternoon.

Source: New Standard High School English Compulsory Volume 4 by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press

That is part of the reason why this aircraft is docked here right now.

Source: CNN 10 Student English March 2018 Collection

It's gonna have a dock for my boat.

Source: S03

As the sun set we docked at Fengdu.

Source: New Standard High School English Compulsory Volume 4 by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press

Yes, he joked that they probably docked her another 20 quid.

Source: 6 Minute English

Sailors moored their boat to a dock and went onshore.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book Three.

They are still stored on the dock.

Source: Foreign Trade English Topics King

China's Tianzhou-6 cargo spacecraft has successfully docked with the country's Tiangong space station.

Source: CRI Online May 2023 Collection

" I know prefects can't dock points, Weasel King, " sneered Malfoy.

Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

It's situated at the end of Daisy Buchanan's dock across the bay from my mansion.

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

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