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Learn to pronounce dock·yard

/ˈdäkˌyärd/
noun
an area or establishment with docks and equipment for repairing and maintaining ships.

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a place where ships are built and repaired: The aircraft carriers are due to be assembled at the Rosyth dockyard in Fife.
noun · a waterside area containing docks, dock, workshops, warehouses, etc., for building, outfitting, and repairing ships, for storing naval supplies, etc.
noun dock· yard ˈdäk-ˌyärd Synonyms of dockyard 1. shipyard 2. British : navy yard Examples of dockyard in a Sentence
1. a waterside area containing docks, workshops, warehouses, etc., for building, outfitting, and repairing ships, for storing naval supplies, etc
an establishment on the waterfront where vessels are built or fitted out or repaired.
DOCKYARD meaning: a place where ships are built and repaired shipyard.
What does the noun dockyard mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun dockyard. See 'Meaning & use' for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
an area with docks (= the place where ships are loaded and unloaded in a port) and equipment for building and repairing ships.
dockyard (plural dockyards). A place where ships are repaired or outfitted. 1961 August, “New traffic flows in South Wales”, in Trains Illustrated ...
an area with docks (= the place where ships are loaded and unloaded in a port) and equipment for building and repairing ships. Definitions on the go.