the docks

plural noun

: the area in a town or city that has rows of docks, offices, and other buildings

We went down to the docks to watch the ships come in.

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Westport Sea Farms Westport Sea Farms raises and harvests its oysters on site, serving them on the docks of historic Westport Point. —

Anna Laird Barto, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2026 Instead, the chefs do the mise-en-place race on the docks at Legendary Green Pond Landing in Anderson, South Carolina. —

Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 May 2026 The Manchester Ship Canal was built between 1887 and 1893 as a waterway from the docks of Salford Quays, a goal kick from Old Trafford, to the Irish Sea and it was designed to circumnavigate Liverpool. —

Ian Irving, New York Times, 3 May 2026 Chonkers has been spotted at the docks early in the morning but is harder to pin down during the rest of the day, Gill said. —

ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the docks