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dockyard

[dok-yahrd] / ˈdɒkˌjɑrd /
NOUN
dry dock
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Babcock already has a vast covered hall at the Fife dockyard in which two frigates can be built side-by-side without interruptions due to weather.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2025

Sixteen are stored in Plymouth dockyard, but there is no plan for them to be scrapped there, so if the pilot is successful, that work is likely to be carried out in Fife.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2025

Solih insisted that the Indian military’s presence in the Maldives was only to build a dockyard under an agreement between the two governments and that his country’s sovereignty won’t be violated.

From Seattle Times Oct. 2, 2023

The ancient city at the site of Lothal near the Indian Ocean included a dockyard and a warehouse for incoming trade goods.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

The dockyard was vast and isolated—the ideal place for, say, a renegade god and his horde of demons to settle in.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda




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