floating dry dock
- noun
- Specialized
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dique seco flotante
- A floating dry dock can be towed to different ports as needed.
And, and then it's the way the, the floating dry dock works is it's this monster fucking boat, right?
- And, and then it's the way the, the floating dry dock works is it's this monster fucking boat, right?
Examples
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The navy invested in a new floating dry dock to maintain its fleet more efficiently.
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The damaged cargo ship was moved to a floating dry dock for urgent repairs.
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The ship was lifted by a floating dry dock for repairs.
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Many shipyards use floating dry docks to service large vessels.
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The ship was carefully lifted from the water using a floating dry dock for maintenance.
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After a thorough inspection, the crew placed the damaged vessel in a floating dry dock for repairs.
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To avoid any delays, they scheduled the submarine's entrance into the floating dry dock ahead of time.
Synonyms
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A large platform that sinks so a ship can enter then rises to lift the ship for repairs
How Movable
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Surface Forms
Morphology
All constituent parts ('floating' = remaining on the water, 'dry' = not wet, 'dock' = place for ships) combine in a straightforward, compositional way to yield a dock that floats and can be made dry for ship maintenance. The technical detail of submerging and raising the structure is a specific implementation, but the core meaning is directly inferable from the known words and is cross-linguistically transparent.
Etymology
The noun floating dry dock is a big platform that can be filled with water so a ship can sail in, and then the water is pumped out to raise the platform and lift the ship out of the water. Because the base is floating and the inside becomes dry, that's why the name means 'a portable structure used to lift a ship out of the water for repair'.