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Dock is an English word of 4 letters with synonyms like platform or bob. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Dock | Docks | Docked | Docking | Docket | Dockyard | Docklands | Dockers | Docker

Dock meaning

  1. Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially bitter dock (Rumex obtusifolius), and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash.
  2. A burdock plant, or the leaves of that plant.

Synonyms of Dock

platform bob tail undock dockage loading dock wharfage wharf pier herbaceous plant herb sour grass sorrel enclosure docking facility

Related words

Other words often associated with Dock or its synonyms:

document fee papers landing withdraw store sled hairstyle artefact flavoring support appendage

Using Dock

  • The main meaning on this page is: Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially bitter dock (Rumex obtusifolius), and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash. | A burdock plant, or the leaves of that plant.
  • Useful related words include: platform, bob, tail, undock.
  • In the example corpus, dock often appears in combinations such as: the dock, dock in, dock with.

Context around Dock

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 29.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 13 start, 7 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

brunswick 1× export 1× import 1× standing 1× south 1× transport 1× platform 1× tees 1× princes 1× moore 1×

Often after:

road 2× part 1× needs 1× icon 1× ship 1× lpd 1× drivers 1× together 1× partnership 1× maintenance 1×

Sentence patterns with Dock

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

75 s dock needs to 1× a loading dock with a 1× amphibious transport dock ship also 1× bilge pumpout dock oil collection 1× boating facility dock cranes 1 1× bramley moore dock where everton 1× dock drivers are 1× dock has a 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

build wise the 1× dock drivers are 1× dock has a 1× gasworks dock partnership 1× half of the 1× in the south 1×

Common sentence endings:

a live broadcast 1× be adjusted here 1× commissioner s meeting 1× in the 1870s 1× into your wall 1× is in construction 1×

Words around Dock

Just before it in the word index:

docility 9 docile 78 doci 2 dochq 2 docherty 57 dochas 2

Just after it in the word index:

dockable 2 dockage 2 docked 272 dockendorf 2 docker 42 dockeray 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

analytics 1.030 daniels 1.030 dimensions 1.030 lynn 1.030 sphere 1.030 chad 1.029

Corpus analysis for Dock

  • In this selection, "dock" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, brunswick, export, import, road, part and needs stand out and add context to how "dock" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 75 s dock needs to and a loading dock with a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "dock" sits close to words such as analytics, daniels and dimensions, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with dock

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The building has a loading dock with a 10-x-18’ dock door with trailer turnaround. (16 words)

The development project stretches from Princes Dock to Bramley-Moore Dock, where Everton FC's new stadium is in construction. (20 words)

Meanwhile a rolling flatbed truck at Potter’s Cay Dock almost plunged into the harbour after rolling off the dock. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

Half of the dock will arrive at Shamrock Marine’s corporate office on River Road, where the dock will be installed within the next 60 days, founder Duncan Armentor announced at this morning’s Downtown Development District Board of Commissioner’s meeting. (42 words)

The contract details usage of the Kenai Boating facility dock cranes 1, 2 and 3, two second floor offices on the dock, moorings, floating docks and an operating area in the parking lot at the Kenai Boating Facility. (38 words)

PD Ports claims a right of way along a riverside road, which connects PD Port’s land by the highway at Smith’s Dock Road to the Tees Dock Road on the firm’s land at Teesport. (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

The existing Brunswick Dock, part of the Blackwall Yard site, became the Export Dock; while a new Import Dock was built to the north.

Build-wise, the main difference is that the Jet 90 uses a free-standing dock while the Jet 75's dock needs to be drilled into your wall.

In the South Dock the 4000 ton collier Bearwood broke from her moorings and was blown 700ft from one side of the dock to the other.

The “Dock” icon lets you control how items appear in the dock at the bottom of your screen; things like size, magnification level and position can all be adjusted here.

The Royal Thai Navy’s third amphibious transport dock ship, also known as a landing platform dock (LPD) ship, was ceremoniously launched on Wednesday (Jan 4) in China at the Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard near Shanghai.

PD Ports claims a right of way along a riverside road, which connects PD Port’s land by the highway at Smith’s Dock Road to the Tees Dock Road on the firm’s land at Teesport.

The development project stretches from Princes Dock to Bramley-Moore Dock, where Everton FC's new stadium is in construction.

The woman was in the dock of court one at the Grove Place court centre at the time, though no dock or custody officer was present.

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Dock drivers are the folks that either put a trailer tire up on the dock as they are backing up or the back tire of their vehicle.

Dock has a market cap of $7.97 million and $2.50 million worth of Dock was traded on exchanges in the last day.

Rated-E also made other versions of their GameCube dock for their viewers, helping them with the electronics of the system and created a YouTube video of how they put their dock together in the first place.

The dock, which holds a 15-ton boat lift, and the jet skis were found 300 yards away stuck with a neighbor’s dock.

Gasworks Dock Partnership is the nonprofit charity responsible for bringing attention to the former industrial dock’s need for revitalization, after it fell into disrepair centuries after its construction in the 1870s.

Half of the dock will arrive at Shamrock Marine’s corporate office on River Road, where the dock will be installed within the next 60 days, founder Duncan Armentor announced at this morning’s Downtown Development District Board of Commissioner’s meeting.

Other harbor-related projects include abandoned watercraft abatement, swim platforms, dock maintenance, beach and bay sand management, and bilge pumpout dock/oil collection center, bulkhead and seawall repair, harbor pier rehabilitation, and more.

Russian spacecraft carrying robot fails to dock with space station A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying a humanoid robot failed to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday, Russian news agencies reported, citing a live broadcast.

You can Voltron the whole Asus accessory package together by putting your phone in the TwinView Dock and then connecting the controller halves to either side of the dock.

Meanwhile a rolling flatbed truck at Potter’s Cay Dock almost plunged into the harbour after rolling off the dock.

The building has a loading dock with a 10-x-18’ dock door with trailer turnaround.

The contract details usage of the Kenai Boating facility dock cranes 1, 2 and 3, two second floor offices on the dock, moorings, floating docks and an operating area in the parking lot at the Kenai Boating Facility.

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Common combinations with dock

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "dock" in a sentence?
An example: "The existing Brunswick Dock, part of the Blackwall Yard site, became the Export Dock; while a new Import Dock was built to the north." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "dock" from authentic English texts.
What does "dock" mean?
Dock means: Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially bitter dock (Rumex obtusifolius), and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash.
What are synonyms of "dock"?
Common synonyms of "dock" include: platform, bob, tail, undock, dockage, loading dock, wharfage, wharf. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "dock" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "dock", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.