Meaning of wet dock | Babel Free
Definitions
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.
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Examples
“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.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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