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dock
Definition:
(nou) an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial (nou) any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine (nou) a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats (nou) a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded (nou) 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 (nou) the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair (nou) a short or shortened tail of certain animals
Phonetic Transcription:
dɒk
Examples:
The ship at the dock is huge.
The ship was embarked by the dock.
The dock feeder is still the main water supply to the port of Cardiff.
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