Noun Definition

dock

1.Definition: a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats

Related Noun(s):pier, wharf, wharfage

Category: Objects

2.Definition: a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded

Category: Objects

3.Definition: a short or shortened tail of certain animals

Related Noun(s):bob, bobtail

Category: Animals

4.Definition: an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial

Category: Objects

5.Definition: any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine

Related Noun(s):sorrel, sour grass

Category: Plants

6.Definition: landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out

"The ship arrived at the dock more than a day late"

Related Noun(s):dockage

Category: Objects

7.Definition: the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair

Category: Animals