The meaning of DOCK is a place (such as a wharf or platform) for the loading or unloading of materials. How to use dock in a sentence.

Dock for cruise ships in Sint Maarten in the Caribbean Docks in St. Petersburg, Russia Partially backfilled dry dock of the former Valmet Vuosaari Shipyard in Vuosaari, Helsinki, Finland The …

If you dock someone's wages or money, you take some of the money away. If you dock someone points in a contest, you take away some of the points that they have.

A dock is also a flat, raised area attached to a building and used for loading and unloading trucks.

any of various weedy plants belonging to the genus Rumex, of the buckwheat family, as R. obtusifolius bitter dock or R. acetosa sour dock, having long taproots.

dock3 (dok), n. the place in a courtroom where a prisoner is placed during trial. Idioms in the dock, being tried in a court, esp. a criminal court; on trial.

dock meaning, definition, what is dock: a place in a port where ships are loaded...: Learn more.

Definition of dock noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

dock (dɒk) n (Law) an enclosed space in a court of law where the accused sits or stands during his or her trial [C16: from Flemish dok sty]

DOCK meaning: 1 : an area of water in a port where ships are loaded, unloaded, or repaired; 2 : the area in a town or city that has rows of docks, offices, and other buildings