Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "floating dry dock" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF FLOATING DRY DOCK

floating dry dock  [ˈfləʊtɪŋ draɪ dɒk] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLOATING DRY DOCK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Floating dry dock is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FLOATING DRY DOCK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

floating dry dock

Drydock

A drydock is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform. Drydocks are used for the construction, maintenance, and repair of ships, boats, and other watercraft.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FLOATING DRY DOCK


burdock
ˈbɜːˌdɒk
butterdock
ˈbʌtəˌdɒk
candock
ˈkændɒk
doc
dɒk
dock
dɒk
docks
dɒk
drama-doc
ˈdrɑːməˌdɒk
dry-dock
ˈdraɪˌdɒk
hardoke
ˈhɑːdɒk
Kodok
ˈkəʊdɒk
Murdoch
ˈmɜːdɒk
opodeldoc
ˌɒpəˈdɛldɒk
pondok
ˈpɒndɒk
postdoc
ˈpəʊstˌdɒk
redock
riːˈdɒk
spatterdock
ˈspætərˌdɒk
undock
ʌnˈdɒk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLOATING DRY DOCK

floating
floating assets
floating charge
floating currency
floating currency rate
floating debt
floating decimal (point)
floating dock
floating exchange rate
floating heart
floating island
floating point representation
floating policy
floating restaurant
floating rib
floating vote
floating voter
floating-point representation
floating-rate note
floatingly

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLOATING DRY DOCK

container dock
daddock
dry dock
finnan haddock
floating dock
graving dock
haddock
holding paddock
inner dock
paddock
piddock
puddock
ruddock
sacrifice paddock
scene dock
shaddock
smoked haddock
spell a paddock
the long paddock
wet dock

Synonyms and antonyms of floating dry dock in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «floating dry dock» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF FLOATING DRY DOCK

Find out the translation of floating dry dock to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of floating dry dock from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «floating dry dock» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

浮动干船坞
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dique seco flotante
570 millions of speakers

English

floating dry dock
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शुष्क गोदी चल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العائمة حوض جاف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

плавающей сухой док
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

doca seca flutuante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভাসমান শুকনো ডক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dock flottant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dok kering terapung
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schwimmenden Trockendock
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

乾ドック、フローティング
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

드라이 도크 부동
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngambang dock garing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nổi ụ khô
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மிதக்கும் உலர் கப்பல்துறை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्लोटिंग कोरड्या गोदी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yüzen kuru rıhtım
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bacino di carenaggio galleggiante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

suchy dok pływający
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

плаваючою сухий док
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

plutitoare doc uscat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πλωτή δεξαμενή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

drywende droogdok
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

flytande torrdocka
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flytende tørrdokk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of floating dry dock

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLOATING DRY DOCK»

The term «floating dry dock» is regularly used and occupies the 62.893 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Regularly used
71
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «floating dry dock» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of floating dry dock
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «floating dry dock».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLOATING DRY DOCK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «floating dry dock» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «floating dry dock» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about floating dry dock

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLOATING DRY DOCK»

Discover the use of floating dry dock in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to floating dry dock and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Design of Marine Facilities for the Berthing, Mooring, and ...
John Gaythwaite. from inside the larger vessel. The "Camel" floated with the smaller vessel inside, high and dry and with the hull accessible for repairs. For some time after this, floating dry docks were either made from, or made in the shape of, ...
John Gaythwaite, 2004
2
Documentary and other evidence in favor of Gilbert's Balance ...
John S. GILBERT. wood, and, as has been stated, alternately exposed to wet and dry, their liability to decay is increased. Frequent examinations are required ; and, when re aired, it is in some cases necessary to build a coffer dam, at a heavy ...
John S. GILBERT, 1843
3
A Digest of Patents, Issued by the United States from 1790 ...
... _ Dock, elevating, Dock, floating, dry, Dock, floating, dry. Dock, floating, dry, Dock, floating, dry, Dock, floating, dry, Dock, floating, dry, Dock, floating, dry, \ age of fish, &c. 'II:r'Ii IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII l'l'llIIl Valentine Brown, - Ezra Ludlow, - - Henry Wallack,  ...
Henry-Leavitt Ellsworth, 1840
4
A Brief Sketch of the plan and advantages of a Sectional ...
United States. Navy, Samuel D. DAKIN. SECTIONAL FLOATING DRY DOCK. THE introduction of the Excavated Stone Dry Dock into this country, for the purpose of repairing and re-building the vessels of our Navy, has been the result rather of ...
United States. Navy, Samuel D. DAKIN, 1843
5
The Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet
ARD Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock AVC* (YFU) Large Catapult Lighter LCU Utility Landing Craft MSB Mine Sweeping Boat MSI Minesweeper — Inshore FT Motor Torpedo Boat (M.T.B.) PYC* (YFU) Coastal Yacht SST Target and Training ...
James Charles Fahey, 1958
6
Hunt and Kill: U-505 and the Battle of the Atlantic
preparing the boat for its final move aboard the floating dry-dock, which was being donated by the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company.119 U-505 was towed to the American Shipbuilding dry-dock on Monday, June 28. The first job was to ...
Theodore P. Savas, 2004
7
Development document for the final effluent limitations ...
Then the flooding water is drained, leaving the ship's exterior exposed so shipyard employees can repair and maintain the ship's hull. Dry dock ballast water serves a similar purpose. It is used to lower (or sink) a floating dry dock so that a ship ...
8
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
YFD — yard floating dry dock (nsp.). YFN — covered lighter (nsp.). YFNB — large covered lighter (nsp.). YFND — dry dock companion craft (nsp.). YFNG — covered lighter (special purpose) (later YFNX). YFNX — lighter (special purpose ( nsp.) ...
James L. Mooney, 1981
9
Phase I uniform national discharge standards for vessels of ...
... Submarines 2 Sacrificial Anodes Navy Auxiliary AFDB4 Large Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock 1 ICCP AFDB 8 Large Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock 1 ICCP AFDL 1 Small Auxiliary Floating Dry Docks 2 ICCP AFDM 14 Medium Auxiliary Floating Dry ...
United States, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water
10
Acts Passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of ...
An ACT to incorporate the Floating dry dock company. (Passed March 14, 1838.) 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That John Thomas, Floating dry dock Samuel D. Dakin, Benjamin II. Smith, and such other persons as^TM^'"0°"1°- may  ...
Virginia, 1838

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLOATING DRY DOCK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term floating dry dock is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Seaplane bases, a shipyard and brick factory all once called …
The Navy intended to keep the yard in standby in case of emergencies, and that same year, towed its large floating dry dock down to a shipyard ... «NorthJersey.com, Jul 15»
2
Veteran recalls joining Navy, Landing Ship Tank drills, Part 2
You could open the doors and run fair size amphibious ships in for repairs but it was essentially a floating dry dock. The LST was 329 feet long ... «Examiner Enterprise, Jul 15»
3
EDITORIAL - Weak at 68
Several months after the last American soldiers pulled out of Subic Bay, with their floating dry dock in tow, China began building structures and ... «Philippine Star, Jul 15»
4
ROI on Pacific Northwest Channel Deepening Project: Over 5 to 1
... improved rail and freight handling facilities, additional tugs and barges, and construction of the largest floating dry dock in the United States. «Global Trade Magazine, Jun 15»
5
Walvis Bay shipyard drydocks its first Panamax vessel
... Brown & Hamer (EBH) Namibia shipyard has docked the first Panamax size ship in its new Panamax capacity floating dry dock Namship 3. «Marine Log, Jun 15»
6
Museum of Science & Industry Offers Special U-505 Tours
... of the Welland Canal – down Lake Michigan to the Chicago River, bring her down the Chicago Lakeshore in a floating dry dock, beach her, ... «Examiner.com, Jun 15»
7
Watch: Massive Nuclear Submarine Dry Dock
Photo of the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS San Francisco (SSN-711) pulling into the floating dry dock Arco (ARDM-5) at Naval ... «GCaptain, May 15»
8
Damen plans to bring floating dry dock to Curaҫao
L to R: (Front row) Mr. Charly van der Sande (Nederex), Mr. Humberto de Castro (CPA), Mr. Jaap de Lange (Damen). (Second row) Mr. Paul ... «Marine Log, May 15»
9
Singapore's Historic Sembawang Shipyard [Photos]
... bridge wings had been removed. Below, a semi-submersible drilling rig is moored next to the KFD floating dry dock. Sembawang Shipyard. «GCaptain, May 15»
10
BAE's Norfolk shipyard celebrates its 100th anniversary
The facility maintains two dry docks, one of which is the largest floating dry dock on the East Coast, plus four piers and 16 cranes. «Marine Log, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Floating dry dock [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/floating-dry-dock>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z