loading dock
27
3.6
- noun
- /ˈloʊdɪŋ dɑk/
:
muelle de carga
- The delivery truck arrived early and parked at the loading dock to unload supplies.
- loading dock at the warehouse
- loading dock door
- trucks at the loading dock
So they'd say, OK, you're at the loading dock, now move to the restaurant.
- So they'd say, OK, you're at the loading dock, now move to the restaurant.
- The front door was a loading dock door for like the beer truck.
Examples
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Just...take your receipt, out back at the loading dock, and they'll give you your brand-new, beautiful TV set.
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Tons of groceries had to be pulled off onto the loading dock at the side of the store.
Fiction book (2000) -
I can walk to the loading dock from here.
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Keep an eye on the loading dock.
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Meet me at the loading dock.
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The loading dock is this way.
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We see Bob standing on the loading dock behind the building.
Fiction book (1996) -
Katie, drive the van up to the loading dock.
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You got a shipment at the loading docks.
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A fireman was just going up the stairs to the loading dock with some cable in his hand.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
69
2.8
A platform at a warehouse where trucks pull up to load or unload
4
3.7
A space for vehicles to stop briefly to load or unload
2
3.0
A place where vehicles stop to pick up or drop off goods and people
How Big
- US
1
3.4
1
2.8
2
3.0
27
3.6
90
1.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'loading dock' is fully compositional: 'loading' (the action of putting cargo on) plus 'dock' (a platform) yields the meaning 'a platform for loading/unloading.' This noun-noun purpose/location pattern is common across languages and follows standard English compounding, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Loading dock comes from the idea of a dock, a place where ships are loaded and unloaded, and loading shows the work done there. So a loading dock is a raised platform at a building where trucks or trains can 'load' or 'unload' goods.