dock

Noun

dock

1. A body of water between two piers or wharves.
2. (of a ship) Being in the harbour area.
3. The action of joining two items together.
4. The action of reducing wages.
5. A burdock plant, or the leaves of that plant.
6. (slang, also doc) A documentary or docudrama.
7. Part of a courtroom where accused sits.
8. a section of a hotel or restaurant, as in coffee dock

4 letters in word "dock": C D K O.

No anagrams for dock found in this word list.

Words found within dock:

cod do doc ko od

• Definitions:
• an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine pier: a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats come into dock; "the ship docked" deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded 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" deduct from someone's wages the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair remove or shorten the tail of an animal haul into a dock; "dock the ships" bobtail: a short or shortened tail of certain animals
• The docks and sorrels, genus Rumex L., are a genus of about 200 species of annual, biennial and perennial herbs in the buckwheat family Polygonaceae.
• A dock (from Dutch 'dok') is a man-made feature involved in the handling of boats or ships. However the exact meaning varies between different variants of the English language.
• The Dock is a graphical user interface feature first introduced in the NeXTSTEP and OPENSTEP operating systems, and radically changed and refined in Mac OS X, where it behaves more like the Apple Newton's Newton OS Dock.
• Hayden Scott-Baron (Better known as Dock, born April 6, 1980) is an English professional illustrator and graphic designer. In 2001 he joined up with other comic creators Laura Watton, Sam Brown/Subi and Foxy in founding one of the largest UK Manga Studios, Sweatdrop Studios.
• Any of several varieties of the hardy perennial herb from the perennial herb from the buckwheat family. The most strongly flavored variety is "sour dock." The mildest form is "dock sorrel," also known as "herb patience dock."
• Rumex acetosella . A plant that has been used in some cultures to treat certain medical problems. It may have anticancer effects. Also called sheep sorrel and sorrel.
• (verb) - To bring in a vessel to tie up at a wharf berth. (One parks a car, but docks a ship.) (noun) - A dock is a structure built along, or at an angle from, a navigable waterway so that vessels may lie alongside to receive or discharge cargo. ...
• (1) An platform where vessels can make fast. The act of securing a boat in such a place. Docks are often subdivided into smaller areas for docking known as slips.
• A protected water area in which vessels are moored. The term is often used to denote a pier or a wharf.
• A platform, generally the same height as the trailer floor, where trucks are loaded and unloaded.
• A basin built to allow ships to load and unload. When enclosed by a lock, the basin can be free of the constraints of tides.
• means a wharf or pier forming all or part of a waterfront facility, including marginal or quayside berthing facilities; not to be confused with "loading dock" as at a transit shed or container freight station, or with the body of water between piers or wharves.
• An artificial basin or inclosure, in connection with a harbor, for the reception of vessels; the slip or waterway extending between two piers or projecting wharves, or cut into the land for the reception of ships.
• Stub end of the sheep's tail.
• The area at the top of the tail.
• a platform or area within a trade show facility where exhibit freight is loaded onto (shipped) and removed (received) from carrier vehicles
• the water area between parallel piers; also called a slip
• a large structure or excavated basin for receiving ships, equipped with gates to keep water in or out.
• man-made abutments, often wood, which extends into a body of water, either floating or suspended above the surface by legs, generally to assist in boating.
• to join one space vehicle with another.
• a) To shorten a horse's tail by cutting off a portion. b) The base of the tail.
• To make controlled physical contact with another skydiver while in freefall; or, when building canopy formations, with another jumper's canopy.

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