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FLOATING DOCK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dry dock that can be submerged under a vessel and then raised
Synonyms:
floating dock; floating dry dock
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("floating dock" is a kind of...):
dry dock; drydock; graving dock (a large dock from which water can be pumped out; used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline)