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

dry +‎ dock

Noun

drydock (plural drydocks)

(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)

Verb

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

(transitive) To place (a ship) in a drydock.
Synonym: (loosely) haul out

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