Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dry-dock

1 sense of dry dock

Sense 1
dry dock, drydock, graving dock -- (a large dock from which water can be pumped out; used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline)
       => dock, dockage, docking facility -- (landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out; "the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late")
                                                                         

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb dry-dock

1 sense of dry-dock

Sense 1
dry-dock, drydock -- (maneuver (a ship) into a drydock)
       => dock -- (maneuver into a dock; "dock the ships")