floating dock

English

A large floating dock at Bremerhaven, Germany

Noun

floating dock (plural floating docks)

(nautical) a dry dock which can float, and is submersible when a ship is entering or leaving it.
a floating pier or dock tied to the shore, which can rise and fall with the water level. Typically used by smaller craft.

Synonyms

(sense 2) landing stage

Translations

floating dry dock

Chinese:
Mandarin: 浮船塢／浮船坞 (fúchuánwù)
Danish: flydedok c
Norwegian:
Bokmål: flytedokk m or f

Nynorsk: flytedokk f
Romanian: doc plutitor (ro) n
Swedish: flytdocka (sv) c

a floating pier or dock

Danish: flydedok c
German: Schwimmdock (de) n
Swedish: flytbrygga c

References

“floating dock”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.