floating dock

noun

: a dock that floats on the water and can be partly submerged to permit entry of a ship and raised to keep the ship high and dry

called also floating drydock

Examples of floating dock in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Listen to this article The Port of San Diego has reopened the west side of the Shelter Island boat launch ramp after completing repairs to the west-side floating dock. —Robert Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2025

For a relaxed paddle in town, head to the lakes at Lafayette Heritage Trail Park, which has a boat ramp and floating docks. —Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2025

Aalto University The end product is sleek, stable pontoons that are used as floatation for the company's line of floating docks. —Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 7 Mar. 2025

What To Know Naval News, a specialist outlet, reported on Monday that a submarine was spotted in a floating dock at Guangzhou Shipyard in southern China, according to satellite imagery captured on January 10. —Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1776, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for floating dock

• aftershock
• antiknock
• arawak
• hollyhock
• interlock
• isopach
• manioc
• shuttlecock
• tomahawk
• weathercock
• alcock
• beanstalk