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dry dock definition

dry dock

a dock from which the water can be emptied, used for building and repairing ships
dry-dock definition

dry·-dock (drī′däk′)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to place or go into a dry dock

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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