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Definition: Dockyard |
DockyardNoun1. An establishment on the waterfront where vessels are built or fitted out or repaired. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dockyard" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1822. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Workshop | Hive, hive of industry; nursery; hothouse, hotbed; kitchen; mint, forge, loom; dock, dockyard; alveary; armory; laboratory, lab, refinery; cannery; power plant; beauty parlor;beehive, bindery, forcing pit, nailery, usine, slip, yard, wharf; foundry, foundery; furnace; vineyard. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Dockyard |
| English words defined with "dockyard": heaver ♦ waterfront. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Marines of the 4th Regiment, 6th Division, come ashore at Yokosuka during initial landings in the Tokyo Bay area, 30 August 1945. They are in full battle gear in preparation for any treachery from the Japanese. Their LCVP is from USS Waukesha (AKA-84), and they appear to be pulling a 75mm pack howitzer. In the distance are the Japanese battleship Nagato (in the center) and Yokosuka dockyard facilities (at right). Credit: NAVY. |  | Hauled out for repairs at the Williamstown Dockyard, Melbourne, Australia, in February 1865. Note Confederate flag (possibly retouched) flying from her mizzen gaff, and fresh caulking between her planks. Credit: NAVY. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Tanzania | THA currently functions as a service port in Dar es Salaam with the main business units being the container terminal, general cargo berths, grain terminal, passengher terminal and lighterage quay, oil terminals, marine services, dockyard, Tanga port, and Mtwara port. (references) |
Uk | For example, foreign (non-EU or non-EFTA) ownership of UK airlines is limited by law to 49%. Registration of shipping vessels is limited to UK citizens or nationals of EU/EFTA member states resident in the UK HMG holds one special controlling interest share in BAE Systems, Rolls Royce, VSEL, Stena Sealink, Cable and Wireless, Devonport Royal Dockyard Ltd., and Rosyth Royal Dockyard Ltd. For some of these companies, restrictions of foreign ownership of ordinary shares apply. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Yemen | In April workers at the National Dockyard in Aden struck for 3 days to demand equal employment benefits with workers at the Port of Aden. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Dockyard" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 85.04% of the time. "Dockyard" is used about 127 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 85.04% | 108 | 31,306 |
| Noun (proper) | 14.96% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Total | 100.00% | 127 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| South Korea | Hyundai Mipo Dockyard |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expression using "dockyard": naval dockyard. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dockyard | 11 |
asia dockyard east image | 6 |
bermuda dockyard | 6 |
dockyard naval psc | 5 |
chatham dockyard | 5 |
dockyard model | 4 |
bermuda dockyard naval royal | 3 |
bermuda dockyard map | 3 |
dockyard loyalhanna | 2 |
dockyard naval royal | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "dockyard"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | kantier detar (boatyard, shipyard, way). (various references) | |
Arabic | حوض بناء السفن (shipyard), المسفن. (various references) | |
Czech | lodìnice (shipyard). (various references) | |
Dutch | Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij N.V. (Rotterdam Dockyard Company). (various references) | |
Farsi | کارخانه کشتی سازی (Shipyard), تعمیرگاه کشتی . (various references) | |
French | chantier naval pour construction des bateaux, chantier (dock). (various references) | |
German | Werft (hangar, shipbuilding yard, shipyard, yard). (various references) | |
Greek | νεώριο, ναυπηγείο (shipyard). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מספ " (dock, shipyard). (various references) | |
Hungarian | hajógyár (shipyard, yard), hajójavító műhely (shipyard). (various references) | |
Italian | cantiere (building site, yard), arsenale (armory, armoury, Arsenal). (various references) | |
Manx | lhonglann. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ockyardday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | estaleiro (dock, shipyard). (various references) | |
Romanian | şantier naval (shipyard). (various references) | |
Russian | верфь (shipyard). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vojna luka, brodogradilište (navy yard, ship-building, shipyard). (various references) | |
Spanish | arsenal (armory, armoury, arsenal). (various references) | |
Swedish | skeppsvarv (shipyard), hamnområde. (various references) | |
Thai | บริเวรอู่เรือ. (various references) | |
Turkish | dok (dock, wet dock), tersane (dock, navy yard, shipyard, yard). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | верф (dock, doctor, shipyard, wharf). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | armamentaria, armamentario, armamentarium, navale. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "dockyard": dockyards. (additional references) | |
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"Dockyard" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dockar. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "dockyard" (pronounced dÄ"kyÄ'rd) |
| 6 | -Ä" k y Ä' r d | stockyard. |
| 5 | -k y Ä' r d | backyard, brickyard, junkyard. |
| 4 | -y Ä' r d | barnyard, boatyard, churchyard, courtyard, lumberyard, farmyard, graveyard, schoolyard, shipyard, willyard. |
| 3 | -Ä' r d | bankcard, bodyguard, Boulevard, diehard, leotard, lifeguard, postcard, safeguard, scorecard, vanguard. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-d-k-o-r-y" | |
-2 letters: croaky. | |
-3 letters: caddy, corky, croak, dorky, dryad, rocky. | |
-4 letters: arco, caky, card, cark, coda, cord, cork, cory, dado, dark, dock, dork, dory, dray, dyad, kayo, kyar, okay, okra, orad, orca, rack, racy, road, rock, yack, yard, yock. | |
-5 letters: add, ado, arc, ark, cad, car, cay, cod, cor, coy, cry, dad, dak, day, doc, dor. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-d-k-o-r-y" | |
+1 letter: dockyards. | |
+4 letters: hydrocracked. | |
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