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PRONUNCIATION OF GRAVING DOCK

graving dock play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GRAVING DOCK

noun
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verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Graving 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 GRAVING DOCK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

graving 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 BEGIN LIKE GRAVING DOCK

gravidity
gravidly
gravidness
gravies
gravimeter
gravimetric
gravimetric analysis
gravimetrical
gravimetrically
gravimetry
graviperception
gravitas
gravitate
gravitation
gravitational
gravitational constant
gravitational field
gravitational force
gravitational interaction
gravitational lens

WORDS THAT END LIKE GRAVING DOCK

burdock
container dock
daddock
dock
dry dock
dry-dock
floating dock
floating dry dock
haddock
inner dock
paddock
piddock
ruddock
scene dock
shaddock
smoked haddock
spatterdock
the long paddock
undock
wet dock

Synonyms and antonyms of graving dock in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «graving dock» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GRAVING DOCK

Find out the translation of graving dock to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of graving 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 «graving dock» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

干船坞
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dique de carena
570 millions of speakers

English

graving dock
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

graving गोदी
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الخوض الخاف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сухой док
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

doca seca
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খোদাই ডক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bassin de radoub
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Graviti dok
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Trockendock
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

乾ドック
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

graving 독
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gravitasi dock
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

huyệt đạo bến tàu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கயிறு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोरीग गोदी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Graving dock
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bacino di raddobbo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

suchych stoczniach
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сухий док
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Graving doc
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ξηρά αποβάθρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

droogdok
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

torrdocka
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tørrdokk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of graving dock

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GRAVING DOCK»

The term «graving dock» is normally little used and occupies the 126.654 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GRAVING DOCK» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRAVING DOCK»

Discover the use of graving dock in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to graving dock and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Graving Dock
Gabriel Cohen. sailboat with blue covers wrapped around its furled sails. He gestured to Balfa and they moved forward carefully out onto the pier;the concrete was covered withsnow andice. There, again—a muffled knock from inside the last  ...
Gabriel Cohen, 2014
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The Law Times Reports: Containing All the Cases Argued and ...
Containing All the Cases Argued and Determined in the House of Lords, ... ; Together with a Selection of Cases of Universal Application Decided in the Superior Courts in Ireland and in Scotland. Chan. Div.] lit kt v. Tuk Victoria Graving Dock ...
‎1883
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Congressional edition
Om hundred acres have been purchased for a new graving dock large enough to take Dreadnought!. Burntisland, Firth of Forth.— Graving dock for North British Railway Company. Length, 660 feet; breadth, 65 feet at entrance; depth, 24 feet ...
United States. Congress, 1910
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United States Congressional Serial Set
Immingham, on the Humber. — One hundred acres have been purchased for a new graving dock large enough to take Dreadnoughts. Burntisland, Firth of Forth. — Graving dock for North British Railway Company. Length, 660 feet; breadth, ...
‎1910
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English Port Facilities
No vessel shall be entitled to be admitted into any graving dock without having the time and manner of her entry into and of her remaining in such graving dock previously prescribed and regulated at the harbor master's office in books to be ...
Frank Taylor Chambers, 1919
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The Dock and Harbour Engineer's Reference Book: Being a ...
Cost of Graving Dock Construction. Graving Dock at Portsmouth. „ Docks at Barry. Alexandra Graving Dock, Belfast. Biloela Graving Dock, Sydney, N.S.W. Graving Dock at Newport (Mon.). „ Docks at Tranmere. „ Docks near Libau. „ Docks at ...
Brysson Cunningham, 1914
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Votes & Proceedings
Do you know of an instance where a Government has constructed a graving dock and then invited tenders from private individuals to work it? No. I know that in Government dockyards in England, the Government, when asked to do so ...
New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council, 1903
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Journal
Do you know of an instance where a Government has constructed a graving dock and then invited tenders from private individuals to work it ? No. I know that in Government dockyards in England the Government, when asked to do so as a ...
New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council, 1904
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the cambridge history of the british empire
THE ESQUIMALT GRAVING DOCK 551 this expenditure had been incurred with an eye to the approaching election. Perhaps the charge was justified, for the Walkem Government now repealed manhood suffrage and substituted a statute ...
Henry Dodwell, 1929
10
Liffey Ships and Shipbuilding
Existing repair facilities and slips were not considered adequate for the larger ships now using the port, and plans were drawn up for a large graving dock, which could be drained of water to allow repairs to ships below the waterline.
Pat Sweeney, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRAVING DOCK»

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Docker Mitchell's 62 goals sets a new scoring record
The streets known as “Dry Dock” were named after the Graving Dock on the Lancaster Canal and were built on a piece of land originally known ... «Lancaster Today, Jul 15»
2
Teenager in critical condition in hospital after being rescued from the …
A pontoon near Mount Stuart graving dock at Mermaid Quay. Witness reported seeing youths in the water after an earlier incident in which a ... «WalesOnline, Jul 15»
3
Thieves target UK 'greenest tenant' Tom Gleed's Poplar community …
He was a welder at Millwall's Graving Dock before retiring, whose contract work included refitting the Royal Fleet Auxiliary's original Sir ... «East London Advertiser, Jun 15»
4
Garden Island would transform from Navy base into $20bn Sydney …
Mr Turnbull noted the Captain Cook Graving Dock alone would “cost an enormous amount to replicate in another location”. Investment in the ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jun 15»
5
Husky still evaluating next expansion for White Rose field
... which will help avoid costly design changes afterwards, and by completing the graving dock in Argentia where the platform would be built. «CBC.ca, Jun 15»
6
GAC looks after Suezmax
The fully equipped yard operates four floating docks and a graving dock, and has exclusive access to a 380 m x 70 m drydock. "The client was ... «Tanker Operator, Jun 15»
7
Husky not setting date on West White Rose decision
Construction was completed in March on a graving dock at Argentia, one that might be used for construction of a wellhead platform. And design ... «The Telegram, Jun 15»
8
GAC Poland waves off Nauta yard's biggest ever vessel
The fully equipped yard operates four floating docks and a graving dock, and has exclusive access to a 380 x 70m dry dock. Giant crude oil ... «Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide, Jun 15»
9
Victoria's Point Hope shipyard charts bright future
The second stage of the project will see a 185-metre-long floating graving dock built near the fabrication building. Construction of that facility ... «Times Colonist, Jun 15»
10
Skills-training funds buoy Victoria's Point Hope shipyard
There are also longer-term plans for a graving dock to handle much larger vessels. “That lets us double our capacity; then everyone is on track ... «Times Colonist, May 15»

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