floating dock

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floating dock [¦flōd·iŋ ′däk]

(civil engineering)

A form of dry dock for repairing ships; it can be partly submerged by controlled flooding to receive a vessel, then raised by pumping out the water so that the vessel's bottom can be exposed. Also known as floating dry dock.

A barge or flatboat which is used as a wharf.

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