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dock

dock

13 2.8
A platform at a warehouse where trucks pull up to load or unload
  • noun
  • /dɑk/
: muelle de carga
  • The trucks were lined up at the loading dock to pick up the shipments for delivery.
  • loading dock
  • work a loading dock

So they'd say, OK, you're at the loading dock, now move to the restaurant.

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Examples

  • Near the loading dock, a large fire truck and an aid car stood ready.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Keep an eye on the loading dock.

    The Accountant² (2025)

  • The front door was a loading dock door for like the beer truck.

    The Drew Barrymore Show

  • I can walk to the loading dock from here.

    The Garfield Movie (2024)

  • Loading dock in the back.

    Blacklight (2022)

  • Meet me at the loading dock.

    Play Dirty (2025)

  • The plant had no receiving dock and no loading dock.

    Academic text (2006)

  • They should get you pretty close to the loading dock.

    Camel Spiders (2011)

  • A fireman was just going up the stairs to the loading dock with some cable in his hand.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • The trucks parked not at Schindler's sub-camp, but at the loading dock of Goeth's private warehouse in Cracow.

    Fiction book (1993)

Synonyms

platform
vsdock
48 2.1

A long flat raised area at a train station where passengers get on and off trains

is used for loading goods from vehicles, not for passenger boarding
loading dock
vsdock
31 3.6

A raised area at a building where trucks stop to load and unload goods

is the broader term for such loading platforms beyond buildings
loading area
vsdock
2 3.0

A place where vehicles stop to pick up or drop off goods and people

is a specific raised platform rather than any general loading space

Idioms

in the dock
  • UK
4 8.4

Being accused and tried in court

Compounds

loading dock
31 3.6

A raised area at a building where trucks stop to load and unload goods

dry dock
  • Specialized
8 6.1

A place where workers empty the water so they can build or fix a ship's bottom

dock worker
4 2.1

A person who loads and unloads ships at a dock

floating dock
  • Specialized
1 5.3

A large platform that sinks so a ship can enter then rises to lift the ship for repairs

floating dry dock
  • Specialized
1 6.8

A portable structure that sinks so a ship can enter and then lifts it out for repair

yellow dock
1 8.1

A plant that lives for many years with broad rounded leaves, a bitter root, often growing as a weed

prairie dock
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A tall prairie plant with large low leaves and pale daisy-like flowers

sour dock
1 8.6

A plant with large sour leaves used in salads and spring greens

dock-walloper
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A worker who loads and unloads goods from ships at a port

broad-leaved dock
1 8.5

A common weed with large rounded leaves that comes from Europe

bitter dock
  • UK
9.4

A plant with broad, rounded leaves and a bitter root that often grows as a weed

graving dock
  • Specialized
8.4

A large dock that can be emptied of water so workers can fix the bottom of a ship

How Big

depot
20 3.3
dock
13 2.8
loading area
2 3.0

Surface Forms

dock singular
docks plural

Etymology

Dock for a warehouse platform grew from the idea of a place for loading and unloading goods, like a ship dock; so a loading dock is where trucks come to load or unload.