floating dock

English

A large floating dock at Bremerhaven, Germany

Noun

floating dock (plural floating docks)

1. (nautical) a dry dock which can float, and is submersible when a ship is entering or leaving it.
2. a floating pier or dock tied to the shore, which can rise and fall with the water level. Typically used by smaller craft.

Synonyms

• (sense 2) landing stage

Translations

floating dry dock

• Danish: flydedok c
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: flytedokk m or f

  Nynorsk: flytedokk f

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a floating pier or dock

• Danish: flydedok c
• German: Schwimmdock (de) n
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References

• “floating dock”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.