dockside

noun

dock·​side ˈdäk-ˌsīd How to pronounce dockside (audio)
often attributive
: the shore or area adjacent to a dock

Examples of dockside in a Sentence

The fish are unloaded at dockside and taken right to the market.
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Photos taken at the Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard show multiple low-observable drone airframes positioned dockside near the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s new Type 076 amphibious assault ship, Sichuan. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Dec. 2025 Located at The Cove Marina, this dockside restaurant and tiki bar on the Intracoastal Waterway has live music, outdoor seating and frozen drinks for a quintessential Florida experience. Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 27 Dec. 2025 Williams, unfortunately, is so wrong-footed by the requirements of the period’s rhythms that her first heavily accented appearance, in a dockside saloon, is her most unsteady. Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2025 Free parking is available for the General Jackson Showboat at dockside, located at Opry Mills Mall. Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 28 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dockside

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dockside was in 1887

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“Dockside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dockside. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.

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dockside

noun
dock·​side ˈdäk-ˌsīd How to pronounce dockside (audio)
: the shore or area next to a dock
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