Noun: dock dók
- A protected area or basin of water for ship loading, unloading and mooring
"the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late";
- dockage, docking facility
- A platform alongside water where boats can load or unload
"The warehouses lined the dock";
- wharf
- A platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded
"The warehouse workers used forklifts to move pallets from the loading dock to the trucks";
- loading dock
- (law) an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial
"The accused was led to the dock as the trial began"
- A device or station for connecting and charging portable electronic devices
"Place your phone in the charging dock"
- Any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
"Children often chewed on dock for its tart flavour";
- sorrel, sour grass
- The solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair
"The veterinarian examined the horse's dock for signs of injury"
- A short or shortened tail of certain animals
"The Manx cat is known for its dock";
- bobtail, bob
- Manoeuvre into a dock
"dock the ships"
- Come into dock
"the ship docked"
- Deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty
"The company docked his pay for being late"
- Remove or shorten the tail of an animal
"They docked the puppy's tail";
- tail, bob
- Connect two spacecraft or space vehicles in orbit
"The supply ship docked with the space station"
Sounds like: divisors, devisorsk, do
Derived forms: docks, docking, docked
Type of: body part, channelise [Brit], channelize, come in, cut, deprive, direct, enclosure, enter, get in, get into, go in, go into, guide, head, herb, herbaceous plant, landing, landing place, maneuver [US], manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn], move into, platform, point, steer, tail
Antonym: undock
Part of: genus Rumex, harbor [N. Amer], harbour [Brit, Cdn], haven, Rumex, seaport, tail
Encyclopedia: Dock, Wharf and General Labourers' Union