dockland Definition
dock·land (däk′land′, -lənd)
noun
Brit. the district around the docks of a port, esp. of the city of London
dockland Usage Examples
Converse of object
- base: Docklands based young photographer Mark Okoh is a man on the up.
- redevelop: A dozen years ago there was a scheme to beautify and redevelop the docklands of Newport by the creation of a freshwater lake.
Adjective modifier
- former: Me And My Desire The decline of London as a port led to vast areas of former dockland in the East End becoming derelict.
- s: Manchester ' s Castlefield and Liverpool ' s Docklands are both potential gray zones - their age profiles are already rising.
- East: The six-inch pipes are one inch thick " The system covers an area from Kensington in the west to the East End docklands.
- redundant: The 130-acre site was, until recently, mostly redundant dockland.
Modifies a noun
- area: On leaving school in 1935 Francis took a job in an office in London's thriving dockland area.
- redevelopment: Docklands redevelopment proposals for East London: R. Travers Morgan, 1973.
- community: A docklands community at the end of its life In James Street someone has torched a Ford.
- site: Gateshead recently saw the last of its major vacant plots brought forward for development, while Glasgow's docklands site is filling up fast.
- railroad: With the coming on the dockland railroad at the end of next year traffic volume at the airport is expected to increase substantially.
- development: CANARY WHARF London's controversial docklands office development, Canary Wharf, is to go public in the next few months.
Noun used with modifier
- round: Join us for a wander round Docklands on the Locks & Docks ride.
- london: Our current range of solutions include: Hosting - all based on UNIX servers at london docklands.
- end: The six-inch pipes are one inch thick " The system covers an area from Kensington in the west to the East End docklands.
Browse dictionary entries near dockland
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