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    DOCKYARD

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An establishment on the waterfront where vessels are built or fitted out or repairedplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Hypernyms ("dockyard" is a kind of...):

    waterfront (the area of a city (such as a harbor or dockyard) alongside a body of water)

    Credits

     Context examples: 

    I have to inform you, my dearest Fanny, that Henry has been down to Portsmouth to see you; that he had a delightful walk with you to the dockyard last Saturday, and one still more to be dwelt on the next day, on the ramparts; when the balmy air, the sparkling sea, and your sweet looks and conversation were altogether in the most delicious harmony, and afforded sensations which are to raise ecstasy even in retrospect.

    (Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)


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