Meanings
nounwet dock (plural wet docks)
plural wet docks
- nauticalA dock that has a constant level of water in which a vessel floats despite the tide; usually achieved by separating the dock from the sea by a lock.
1957, J. D. Salinger, "Zooey", in, 1961, Franny and Zooey, 1991 LB Books edition, page 90, It was rather as though, after being in makeshift wet dock for days, the Queen Mary had just sailed out of, say, Walden Pond, as suddenly and perversely as she had sailed in.
Translations
Finnish laivatokka
- laivatokkadock that has a constant level of water
French darse
- darsedock that has a constant level of water
Hebrew בְּרֵכַת עֲגִינָה, מַעֲגַן סָכוּר
- בְּרֵכַת עֲגִינָה (brekhat agina)dock that has a constant level of water
- מַעֲגַן סָכוּר (ma'agan sakhur)dock that has a constant level of water
Polish basen, basen portowy
- basendock that has a constant level of water
- basen portowydock that has a constant level of water
Cite this entry
APA
wet dock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wet%20dock
MLA
“wet dock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wet%20dock. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wet dock,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wet%20dock.
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