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dock&o=10616
dock&o=10616
Dock
[
dok
]
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/
dɒk
/
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Dock
may refer to:
In transportation
Dock (maritime)
, an area of water for building or repairing or loading and unloading ships or ferries. See also:
Dry dock
, a narrow basin that can be flooded and drained to allow a load to come to rest on a dry platform
Ferry slip
, a specialized docking facility that receives a ferryboat
Harbor
Jetty
Marina
Pier
, a raised walkway over water, supported by widely spread piles or pillars
Pontoon
, a buoyant device, used to support docks or floating bridges
Quay
Ski dock
Wharf
, a fixed platform, commonly on pilings, where ships are loaded and unloaded
Loading dock
or
Cargo bay
, an unloading area for trucks to deliver cargo
Space rendezvous
, if it includes docking
Stevedore
, a worker who loads and unloads ships, also known as a
docker
or
longshoreman
In natural sciences
Dock (tailhead)
Docking (animal)
, the removal of part of an animal, often tail or ears
Docking (dog)
Docking as human corporal punishment
Burdock
, a group of biennial thistles
Rumex
, plants called docks and sorrels including
narrow-leaf dock
(
Rumex mexicanus
),
curly dock
or
curled dock
(
Rumex crispus
),
broadleaf dock
or
butter dock
(
Rumex obtusifolius
) and many other members of the
Rumex
genus
Some other species of plants such as
prairie dock
(
Silphium terebinthinaceum
,
Silphium perfoliatum
,
Parthenium integrifolium
),
In molecular biology
DOCK
(
D
edicator
o
f
c
yto
k
inesis), a family of
proteins
involved in
cell signalling
Docking (molecular)
, a research technique for predicting the relative orientation of two molecules to each other in a bimolecular complex
In computing
Dock (computing)
, a graphical user interface feature
Docking station
, for a portable computer
Other
Dock (Hayden Scott-Barren)
, a UK
manga
illustrator
Docking (sexual practice)
, between men
Docking, Norfolk
, a village in East Anglia, England
The Docks Waterfront Entertainment Complex
in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The first level of the
Heretic
video game
The former name of
Devonport, Devon
, now a part of the city of Plymouth
The place where the defendant stands in a British courtroom (see
the layout of courts in Scotland
) hence the expression "in the dock"
See also
Dox
, a supposed hybrid between a dog and a fox
DOC
(disambiguation)
Docklands
, the area in London
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