dock
Ship's parking spot
Dock represents four words with different meanings.
In descending order of frequency, a dock is a place where a ship or other vehicle or device parks for loading, unloading, or charging.
When something docks, it settles at a dock.
To dock something is to cut it shorter.
When wages are docked, money is withdrawn from them.
A docked tail is one that has been trimmed.
In a courtroom, the dock is where the accused stands during trial.
Finally, dock is a genus of weedy plants in the buckwheat family.
Safe anchorage for ships
- pierWaterfront landing structure
- wharfShip docking structure
- jettyStructure extending into water
- berthSleeping space on transport
slip · yacht · sailboat · waterfront · anchorage · mooring · buoy · bollard
Party facing charges
- prosecutorGovernment's trial lawyer
- judgeOne who decides
- witnessOne who attests
- arraignmentCharge-reading court session
plea · verdict · testimony · trial · jury · attorney · bailiff · sentencing
Transported goods
- freightGoods being transported
- warehouseBulk goods storage building
- shipmentGoods being transported
- containerThing for storing items
forklift · logistics · crane · loading · unloading · pallet · stevedore · longshoreman
Cutting to resize
- bobbingRhythmic vertical movement
- breedCultivated variety of animal
- standardLevel of quality accepted
- veterinaryRelating to animal healthcare
surgery · canine · puppies · grooming · purebred · pedigree · cosmetic · procedure
Conclusion from premises
- payWages for work
- withholdingKeeping from another
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- fineAcceptable in quality
garnishment · paycheck · salary · reduction · forfeit · subtraction · payroll · earnings
harbor
Safe anchorage for ships
berth · slip · yacht · sailboat · waterfront · anchorage · mooring · buoy · bollard · cleat
defendant
Party facing charges
- prosecutorGovernment's trial lawyer
- judgeOne who decides
- witnessOne who attests
arraignment · plea · verdict · testimony · trial · jury · attorney · bailiff · sentencing · accused
cargo
Transported goods
container · forklift · logistics · crane · loading · unloading · pallet · stevedore · longshoreman · manifest
cropping
Cutting to resize
veterinary · surgery · canine · puppies · grooming · purebred · pedigree · cosmetic · procedure · boxer
deduction
Conclusion from premises
- payWages for work
- withholdingKeeping from another
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
fine · garnishment · paycheck · salary · reduction · forfeit · subtraction · payroll · earnings · compensation
burdock
Prickly-burred wild plant
wildflowers · herbaceous · perennial · foraging · edible · medicinal · invasive · leaves · roots · bitter
station
Fixed stopping point
- moduleIndependent functional component
- airlockTwo-doored pressure transition space
- berthingSecuring a vessel dockside
rendezvous · ISS · capsule · hatch · orbital · coupling · spacecraft · astronaut · tethering · approach
- beach/coastalbeach, shore, coast, tide, wave
- water-relatedboat, ship, canoe, kayak, raft
- Boating Termssailing, boating, rowing, kayaking, canoeing
- coastal lifedolphins, pelicans, lighthouses, seagulls, fishing
- nauticalanchor, anchor chain, anchors, boat, boats
- nautical thingsanchor, rope, sail, compass, oar
dockopen water
Unobstructed body navigable freely
open sea · high seas · deep water · offshore · at sea
- loading dockRaised platform for freight
- docking stationDevice connectivity hub
- hickory dickory dockNonsense nursery verse
- dock workersLaborers at shipping ports
- dry docksDrainable basins for vessel repair
- boat dockStructure for mooring watercraft
docks, docked, docking, dockyard, dockside, dockland, dockworker, dockhand, dockmaster