dry-docked; dry-docking; dry-docks
: to place in a dry dock
: a dock that can be kept dry for use during the construction or repairing of ships
Examples of dry-dock in a Sentence
Noun
The dry dock is full.
The ship is in dry dock.
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Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2025
The yacht is believed to be dry-docked at a metro Detroit marina.
—Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 24 June 2024
Stella Kim, NBC news, 4 Nov. 2025
Each of the XLUUVs has been provided with its own floating dry dock, which can be deployed into deeper waters, allowing its contents to be released without interfering with nearby ship traffic.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
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Verb
In the meantime, the riverboats are dry-docked at an area recycling yard.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2025
The yacht is believed to be dry-docked at a metro Detroit marina.
—Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 24 June 2024
Noun
The Hanwha Ocean shipyard, which covers an area the size of 900 football fields on the island of Geoje, churns out both commercial and military ships at a far faster rate than yards in the United States, aided by the world’s largest dry dock and crane.
—Stella Kim, NBC news, 4 Nov. 2025
Each of the XLUUVs has been provided with its own floating dry dock, which can be deployed into deeper waters, allowing its contents to be released without interfering with nearby ship traffic.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Dry-dock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dry-dock. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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