Synonyms for dock

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : dok

Phonetic Transcription : dɒk

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Définition of dock

Origin : "ship's berth," late 15c., from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German docke, perhaps ultimately (via Late Latin *ductia "aqueduct") from Latin ducere "to lead" (see duke (n.)); or possibly from a Scandinavian word for "low ground" (cf. Norwegian dokk "hollow, low ground"). Original sense perhaps "furrow a grounded vessel makes in a mud bank." As a verb from 1510s. Related: Docked; docking.

noun waterfront
verb land on the waterfront

Example sentences :

I reckon that if Dock had stayed in Chicago a week he'd have had everybody crazy.
Extract from : « A Little Book of Profitable Tales » by Eugene Field

I think sometimes that I see you yourself in the dock, Master Helstrop.
Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Then do you want to go back and stay on the dock and starve?
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling

It even explained why he had expected Malone to place him in charge of the dock.
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling

Purplish shadows had already begun to dim the tug and dock and ocean.
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling

The whole face of the sea around the dock broke into a sort of sputtering.
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling

Only when on board did the lads appreciate the enormous size of the dock.
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling

Then some of the men on top of the dock's side began yelling.
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling

The dock is worth a million pounds, about five million dollars.
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling

How about hitching that schooner to the dock and towing her?
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling

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