Dockyard
noun
A place where ships are repaired or built.
The dockyard was bustling with activity as workers repaired the damaged ship.
Often appears as...
- naval dockyard
- shipbuilding dockyard
noun
A place where ships are repaired or built.
The dockyard was bustling with activity as workers repaired the damaged ship.
Often appears as...
- naval dockyard
- shipbuilding dockyard
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Maritime Activity
Dockyard refers specifically to waterfront facilities that deal with ships and maritime activity.
The dockyard was packed with marine engineers overseeing the construction of a new vessel.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Storage
Unlike a simple storage area, a dockyard is a place of active work on ships, including construction and repair.
The dockyard echoed with the clanging of hammers and the hum of machinery.
Pro Tip 3/3Industrial Setting
Dockyards are industrial areas and may not be accessible to the public without permission.
Visitors needed to wear safety helmets while on a tour of the dockyard.
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seaportshipyardwharf
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Quote examples
Ian Rankin
Scottish Writer
My father worked in a grocery store. When the grocery chain went into administration, he eventually got a job in the naval dockyard in an office preparing the charts for the boats and the submarines before they headed out.
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Alison Owen
English Producer
When my parents met, my mother was a waitress and my father was a dockyard worker. They were part of that post-war better-yourself generation, so they both went to night school.
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Alcaeus
Greek Poet
Not houses finely roofed or the stones of walls well builded, nay nor canals and dockyards make the city, but men able to use their opportunity.
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Christopher Buckley
American Novelist
I can clear a dinner table in less than 60 seconds, moaning like a dockyard Elijah about the deficit and the inevitable reckoning.
Quote examples
Ian Rankin
Scottish Writer
My father worked in a grocery store. When the grocery chain went into administration, he eventually got a job in the naval dockyard in an office preparing the charts for the boats and the submarines before they headed out.
Quote examples
Alison Owen
English Producer
When my parents met, my mother was a waitress and my father was a dockyard worker. They were part of that post-war better-yourself generation, so they both went to night school.
Quote examples
Alcaeus
Greek Poet
Not houses finely roofed or the stones of walls well builded, nay nor canals and dockyards make the city, but men able to use their opportunity.
Quote examples
Christopher Buckley
American Novelist
I can clear a dinner table in less than 60 seconds, moaning like a dockyard Elijah about the deficit and the inevitable reckoning.
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