English noun: graving dock | |||
1. | graving 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 | dry dock, drydock | ||
Broader (hypernym) | dock, dockage, docking facility | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | floating dock, floating dry dock | ||
Part meronym | shipyard | ||