English noun: dry dock | |||
1. | dry dock (artifact) a large dock from which water can be pumped out; used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline | ||
Synonyms | drydock, graving dock | ||
Broader (hypernym) | dock, dockage, docking facility | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | floating dock, floating dry dock | ||
Part meronym | shipyard | ||