DOCKING FACILITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does docking facility mean? 

• DOCKING FACILITY (noun)
  The noun DOCKING FACILITY has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: DOCKING FACILITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOCKING FACILITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

dock; dockage; docking facility

Context example:

the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late

Hypernyms ("docking facility" is a kind of...):

landing; landing place (structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "docking facility"):

dry dock; drydock; graving dock (a large dock from which water can be pumped out; used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline)

marina (a fancy dock for small yachts and cabin cruisers)

Holonyms ("docking facility" is a part of...):

harbor; harbour; haven; seaport (a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo)