dry dock

NOUN

waterless area for ship repairs

Synonyms

WEAK

dockyard graving dock shipyard

Example Sentences

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MV Isle of Lewis, which had its time in dry dock extended by three months for additional steel work, is due to undertake sea trials later this week.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

The marine logistics group may take about three years instead of four years to deliver a S$198 million vessel, and its new dry dock operation could ramp up faster than anticipated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

The first of the Royal Navy's Type 31 ships, to be named HMS Venturer, has already been floated in the Firth of Forth and is in dry dock being fitted out.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025

California’s coastal salmon industry already is in dry dock.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2025

The boat is in dry dock & the hole is above the waterline.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman