Definition: 1. A part of a port where ships are repaired. 2. A platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded. 3. An enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial.
Use 'dock' in a sentence:
1. Hundreds of small boats clustered round the yacht as she sailed into Southampton docks.
2. Through the evergreens swaying in the breeze, she was watching the couple lounging in the enclosed stern of the large boat tied up to the dock nearby.
3. Because the train was scheduled to arrive in Miami, Florida, several hours before the sailing, we didn't think we'd have any reason to worry about getting to the dock on time.
4. To dock points would be wrong.
5. The Act was introduced to end restrictive practices in the docks.
6. The vessel docked at Liverpool in April 1811.
7. What this means is that boats can dock outside this kind of big warehouses and can unload or, depending on the case, load goods.
8. For they thought it tasted so delicate--lived on dock-leaves, and therefore burdock seeds were sown.
9. We go to the dock.
10. Russian commanders docked a huge aircraft carrier in a Russian port.
11. Anwar heads for the dock again.
12. He's at ease speaking pidgin with the factory workers and guys on the docks.
13. Always stay away from that part of the dock.
14. But getting the cargo to and from the dock was a different story.
15. He tried to slip past the ticket collector at the dock.
16. He had a house there and a dock and a little aluminum boat.
17. He had a house there and a dock and a little aluminium boat.
18. Then, we go to the dock.
19. She headed for the docks, thinking that Ricardo might be hiding in one of the boats.
20. I wish to enlarge upon a statement made by Gary Docking.
21. The ferry is expected to dock at 6.
22. Six 10000-ton freighters can berth at this dock.
23. What about the odd chance that you do put an innocent man in the dock?
24. Hear how it beats like a drum on the dock-leaves!
25. Any discrepancies, including re-taping of cartons, will be remarked on the dock receipt.
26. We have several solutions on the dock for you.
27. The wrong criminal is in the dock either because a genuine mistake has been made or because evidence has been suppressed.
28. The aircraft carrier has been docked there since last month.
29. The crash happened as the ferry attempted to dock on Staten Island.
30. The dramatic World Motor Sports Council meeting in Paris blew the championship wide open as Schumacher was also docked six points.
31. The duck is on the dock.
32. They've docked 15% off my pay for this week.
33. The dock/ wharf goes far out into the lake.
34. Bananas are packed before being transported to the docks for shipment overseas.
35. Noisome vapours arise from the mud left in the docks.
36. He threatens to dock her fee.
37. The ship was in dock.
38. The space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to dock with Russia's Mir space station.
39. What other ships are in dock here?
40. The shuttle will spend five days docked with Mir.
41. Unlike in a normal crown court case, they did not have to sit behind the glass of the dock.
42. He fled to his stateroom, where he lurked until the steamer was clear of the dock.
43. The truck left the loading dock with hoses still attached.
44. The vessel docked in Swansea after a ten-hour crossing.
45. They dropped the sails and threw a line to a man on the dock.
46. They have docked a robot module alongside the orbiting space station.
47. He's been in the dock several times already.
48. Next year, a technology module will be docked on the space station.
49. If you're late, your wages will be docked.
50. By 1981 the docks had, to all intents and purposes, closed.
