docking facility
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈdɑkɪŋ fəˈsɪlɪti/
:
instalación de atraque
- After unloading their cargo, the vessels returned to the docking facility for refueling and inspection.
Examples
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Now many of the cities of the sea will have docking facilities for marine vehicles.
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The presence of individual slips, in addition to a public marina, offers a wide variety of persons efficient access to docking facilities.
Academic text (1990) -
Ranrel's recent labors to improve docking facilities were being put to the test.
Fiction book (1991) -
All spacecraft in cislunar space are advised to return to the nearest safe docking facility.
Fiction book (2001) -
In fact, I've even bought this little strip of beach you call home, and once we've finished erecting the new condos, we'll move on to offshore oil rigs, docking facilities, maybe even a yachting club or two.
Fiction book (2000) -
You've got the Sluis Van shipyards about thirty light-years away, for starters—a hundred ships there at any given time, not to mention the docking facilities themselves.
Fiction book (1991) -
The harbor was equipped with modern docking facilities to accommodate large container ships.
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The fishing fleet relied on the docking facility for repairs and maintenance between voyages.
Synonyms
460
1.8
A sheltered area of water where ships can anchor and load or unload
197
1.6
A platform by the water where boats tie up to load or unload
125
1.4
A long platform that goes out from the shore into the water for boats and people
70
3.7
A place where small boats and yachts tie up and get services
57
2.6
A platform at the edge of the water where boats stop to let people or goods on and off
36
6.7
A long platform by the water where ships stop to load and unload
35
3.2
A place where ships are built or repaired
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3.4
An area next to a dock where boats are loaded or unloaded
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5.8
A place at a dock or harbour where a ship can tie up
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5.8
A place where a boat can be tied to stay still
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4.1
A place where people build, fix, or store boats
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6.1
A place where workers empty the water so they can build or fix a ship's bottom
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4.4
A place by the water where people build and fix ships
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5.3
A large platform that sinks so a ship can enter then rises to lift the ship for repairs
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7.0
A large dock that can be drained of water to build or fix the bottom of ships
A place in a harbor where ships stop for loading, unloading or repairs
A place on the shore where boats stop to load or unload people and things
A place by the water where ships stop to load people or goods
A large dock that can be emptied of water so workers can fix the bottom of a ship
A portable structure that sinks so a ship can enter and then lifts it out for repair
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a place where ships are secured, loaded, unloaded, or repaired' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'docking' (the act or process of securing a vessel at a dock) with 'facility' (a place or installation for a specific purpose). This straightforward noun+noun composition follows common cross-linguistic patterns and would be readily inferable by a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
The noun docking facility comes from the simple image of a safe place where a ship is brought to a dock and workers use a facility to load, unload, or fix it. That's why it means 'a place at a harbor where ships can be loaded, unloaded, or repaired'.