Explore Drydock through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like dock or dockage. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Drydock meaning
A dock that can be drained of water and is used in the repair and construction of ships.
Using Drydock
- The main meaning on this page is: A dock that can be drained of water and is used in the repair and construction of ships.
- Useful related words include: dock, dry dock, graving dock, dockage.
- In the example corpus, drydock often appears in combinations such as: in drydock, and drydock, drydock company.
Context around Drydock
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 12 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Drydock
- In this selection, "drydock" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, growing, govan, entered, company, avenue and limited stand out and add context to how "drydock" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 49 in drydock with cassin and apart in drydock and formulated. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "drydock" sits close to words such as aaj, abn and aboriginals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with drydock
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This is done in a drydock or on land. (9 words)
Monitor'' was finally taken out of drydock on 26 October. (10 words)
In 1891 Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company delivered its first ship, the tugboat Dorothy. (15 words)
While 2011 is relatively young in the history of aircraft carriers, that's just when the company merged two legacy shipyards (Newport News Shipbuilding, and Drydock Company and Ingalls Shipbuilding) into what is now the nation's largest shipbuilder. (39 words)
Kitty Hawk was launched by flooding her drydock; the conventional slide method down was ruled out because of her mass and the risk that she might hit the Philadelphia shore on the far side of the Delaware River. (38 words)
The duration of the extensions for is just four years because of their drydocking schedule, which would require a year in drydock to make it to the end of a five-year extension. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Public improvements in the first phase will include a rooftop public observatory, and reconstruction of the Drydock Avenue and Black Falcon Avenue intersection.
The duration of the extensions for is just four years because of their drydocking schedule, which would require a year in drydock to make it to the end of a five-year extension.
The other vessel on the growing drydock during the quarter was motor vessel Spetses for the period of approximately 29 days.
Mr Breslin, managing director of Govan Drydock Limited, said: “Securing planning consent will allow us to continue the regeneration work on Govan dry dock, which has been derelict for the past 36 years.
One of the two has been stuck in drydock since 1999 (and you thought the Pentagon’s acquisition process was slow).
The Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier entered drydock in 2018 and was originally slated to reenter service by 2020.
While 2011 is relatively young in the history of aircraft carriers, that's just when the company merged two legacy shipyards (Newport News Shipbuilding, and Drydock Company and Ingalls Shipbuilding) into what is now the nation's largest shipbuilder.
For example, when asked what a pandemic could do to drydock scheduling, Lin says it would most likely slow all the processes down due to lack of workforce.
They looked at the Vietnam-era ships we still had falling apart in drydock and formulated a plan.
The Council commends government for making efforts to attract investment into the operations of the Tema Shipyard and Drydock.
The modules, known as “superlifts” each weigh hundreds of tons, are assembled on land and then hoisted onto the ship in drydock.
At Dawn We Slept page 49 in drydock with Cassin and Downes, hit by one bomb and debris from USS Cassin; remained in service. 9 dead.
In 1891 Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company delivered its first ship, the tugboat Dorothy.
In the winter of 1897–1898 she was put in drydock where bilge keels were installed to improve her stability.
Kitty Hawk was launched by flooding her drydock; the conventional slide method down was ruled out because of her mass and the risk that she might hit the Philadelphia shore on the far side of the Delaware River.
Monitor'' was finally taken out of drydock on 26 October.
Most ships, however, require trips to special facilities such as a drydock at regular intervals.
Tasks often done at drydock include removing biological growths on the hull, sandblasting and repainting the hull, and replacing sacrificial anodes used to protect submerged equipment from corrosion.
The accident resulted in the passengers disembarking earlier than scheduled at nearby Newport, Rhode Island and the ship being taken out of service while temporary repairs were made in drydock at Boston.
This is done in a drydock or on land.
Common combinations with drydock
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in drydock 8×
- and drydock 3×
- drydock company 2×
- drydock at 2×