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nouna platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boatstype of:
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nouna platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded
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"the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late"nounlanding in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out
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nouna short or shortened tail of certain animalstype of:
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nounany of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
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verbremove or shorten the tail of an animaltype of:
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nounan enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trialtype of:
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"the ship docked"verbcome into dockOpposite:
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verbdeduct from someone's wages
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verbdeprive someone of benefits, as a penaltytype of:
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"dock the ships"verbmaneuver into a dockOpposite:type of:
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nounthe solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair
Parts of dock
- "shipside"
- "bollard"
- "bitt"