dock
/dɒk/
A fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port; usually for loading and unloading; The body of water next to and around a pier; The area of arrival and departure of a train in a railway station
- plural
- docks
Meanings
- 1
A fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port; usually for loading and unloading
There was no one on the dock.
Tatoeba · AlanF_US · CC BY 2.0 FR
The docks are connected to the rail network.
Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
The body of water next to and around a pier
- 3
The area of arrival and departure of a train in a railway station
- 4
Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially bitter dock (Rumex obtusifolius), and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rashrare
- 5
A burdock plant, or the leaves of that plantrare
- 6
The fleshy root of an animal's tail; specifically after clipping or cuttingrare
- 7
The buttocks or anusrare
- 8
A leather case used to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horserare
- 9
A section of a hotel or restaurantrare
- 10
A device designed as a base for holding a connected portable appliance for providing the necessary electrical charge for its autonomy, or as a hardware extension for additional capabilitiesrare