Phrase Hound found 14 phrases and 33 compound words that contain docks. The most common are listed below. Open docks in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 14
- Silicon DocksAn area of Dublin, Ireland, which is home to a group of Internet-related companies.
- dry-docksplural of dry-dock: A dock that can be drained of water and is used in the repair and construction of ships.
- loading docksplural of loading dock: An area where goods are loaded and unloaded into and out of vehicles.
- graving docksplural of graving dock: A dock that can be drained of water and is used in the repair and construction of ships.
- balance docksplural of balance dock: A kind of floating dock which is kept level by pumping water out of, or letting it into, the compartments of side chambers.
- floating docksplural of floating dock: a dry dock which can float, and is submersible when a ship is entering or leaving it.
- prairie docksplural of prairie dock: The plant Silphium perfoliatum.
- scene-docksplural of scene-dock: An area in a theatre with access to the stage and the loading doors where scenery is temporarily stored
- slip docksplural of slip dock: A dock having a sloping floor so that the lower end is submerged.
- water-docksplural of water-dock: Any of a species of perennial herbaceous plants in the genus Rumex native to fens and freshwater banks of Europe and Western Asia.
- wet docksplural of wet dock: A 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.
- curled docksplural of curled dock: A plant of species Rumex crispus, of western Eurasia.
- red-veined docksplural of red-veined dock: bloody dock, Rumex sanguineus
- cattle docksplural of cattle dock: A pen on a platform in a railway goods yard for cattle travelling by rail.
Compound words 33
- docksideThe area near a dock, or next to a docked ship.
- boondocksplural of boondock: A brushy, rural area or location.
- paddocksplural of paddock: A small enclosure or field of grassland, especially one used to exercise or graze horses or other animals.
- maddocksplural of maddock: An earthworm or maggot.
- airdocksplural of airdock: A very large hangar for the storage of airships.
- Baldocksplural of Baldock: A surname.
- burdocksplural of burdock: Any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium.
- candocksplural of candock: A plant or weed that grows in rivers.
- Chaddocksplural of Chaddock: A surname.
- Cradocksplural of Cradock: A surname.