drydock

See also: dry-dock and dry dock

English

An aerial view of a drydock in Russia, note that there is no water in the dock.

Alternative forms

• dry dock, dry-dock

Etymology

From dry +‎ dock.

Noun

drydock (plural drydocks)

1. (nautical) A dock that can be drained of water and is used in the repair and construction of ships.

Translations

dock that can be drained of water

• Afrikaans: droogdok
• Arabic: حوض جاف m (ḥawḍ jāff)
• Belarusian: сухі док m (suxi dok)
• Bulgarian: сух док m (suh dok)
• Catalan: dic sec m, escar (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 旱塢 / 旱坞 (hànwù), 乾塢 / 干坞 (gānwù)

• Czech: suchý dok m
• Danish: tørdok c
• Dutch: droogdok (nl) n
• Esperanto: seka digo, karena digo
• Estonian: kuivdokk
• Finnish: allastelakka, kuivatelakka (fi)
• French: cale sèche (fr) f, forme de radoub (fr) f
• Galician: dique seco (gl) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Trockendock (de) n
• Greek: νεώριο (el) n (neório)
• Hebrew: מִבְדּוֹק יָבֵש (he) m (mivdok yavesh)
• Icelandic: þurrkví f
• Italian: bacino di carenaggio m
• Japanese: 乾ドック (inuidokku)
• Lithuanian: sausasis dokas m
• Malay: limbungan kering
• Malayalam: ഡ്രൈഡോക്ക് (ḍraiḍōkkŭ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tørrdokk f

  Nynorsk: turrdokk f

• Polish: suchy dok m
• Portuguese: dique seco m, doca seca f
• Romanian: doc uscat n, bazin de radub n
• Russian: сухо́й док (ru) m (suxój dok)
• Slovene: suhi dok m
• Spanish: dique seco m
• Swedish: torrdocka (sv) c
• Turkish: havuz (tr)
• Ukrainian: сухий док m (suxyj dok)

See also

• caisson

Verb

drydock (third-person singular simple present drydocks, present participle drydocking, simple past and past participle drydocked)

1. (transitive) To place (a ship) in a drydock.

   Synonym: (loosely) haul out