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dockside

/ˈdɑksaɪd/ /ˈdɒksaɪd/

Meanings
noun
The area near a dock, or next to a docked ship.

Examples :

"The dockside was busy with workers unloading cargo from the large container ship. "
nautical area place

Related Words

Illustration cargo

cargo noun

/ˈkɑːɡəʊ/ /ˈkɑɹɡoʊ/

Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.

"The cargo plane delivered the school supplies to the remote village. "

Illustration next

next noun

/nɛkst/

The one that follows after this one.

"My next class is history. "

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near noun

/nɪə(ɹ)/ /nɪɹ/

The left side of a horse or of a team of horses pulling a carriage etc.

"The horse on the near side of the carriage pulled harder than the other one. "

Illustration busy

busy noun

/ˈbɪzi/

A police officer.

"The busy responded to the report of a fight at the school. "

Illustration container

container noun

/kənˈteɪnə/ /kənˈteɪnɚ/

Someone who contains; something that contains.

"The juice box is a small container for the children's drinks at school. "

Illustration ship

ship noun

/ʃɪp/

A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.

"The cargo ship sailed into the harbor, carrying tons of imported goods. "

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area noun

/ˈɛə̯ɹɪə̯/ /ˈæɹ.i.ə/

A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.

"The classroom has a large area for the students to spread out and work. "

Illustration workers

workers noun

/ˈwɜː.kəz/ /ˈwɝ.kɚz/

A person who performs labor for a living, especially manual labor.

"The factory workers assembled the cars all day. "

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unloading verb

/ʌnˈloʊdɪŋ/

To remove the load or cargo from (a vehicle, etc.).

"to unload a ship; to unload a camel"

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dock noun

/dɒk/ /dɑk/

Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially common dock, and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash.

"My grandmother used to add the young leaves of the dock plant to her vegetable stew. "

Illustration docked

docked verb

/dɑkt/ /dɔkt/

To cut off a section of an animal's tail, to practise a caudectomy.

"The farmer docked the lambs' tails to prevent infection. "

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large noun

/ˈlɑːd͡ʒ/ /ˈlɑɹd͡ʒ/

An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.

"The music teacher explained that a "large" is a very long note, longer than a breve. "