Boat Dock

–noun

1.	a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.

2.	a small ship, generally for specialized use: a fishing boat.

3.	a small vessel carried for use by a large one, as a lifeboat: They lowered the boats for evacuation.

4.

a ship.

5.	a vessel of any size c5b built for navigation on a river or other inland body of water.

6.	a serving dish resembling a boat: a gravy boat; a celery boat.

7.	Ecclesiastical. a container for holding incense before it is placed in the censer.

–verb (used without object)

8.	to go in a boat: We boated down the Thames.

–verb (used with object)

9.	to transport in a boat: They boated us across the bay.

10.	to remove (an oar) from the water and place athwartships. Compare ship (def. 8).

—Idioms

11.	in the same boat, in the same circumstances; faced with the same problems: The new recruits were all in the same boat.

12.	miss the boat, Informal. a. to fail to take advantage of an opportunity: He missed the boat when he applied too late to get into college. b. to miss the point of; fail to understand: I missed the boat on that explanation.

13.	rock the boat. rock 2 (def. 15).

–noun

1.	a landing pier.

2.	the space or waterway between two piers or wharves, as for receiving a ship while in port.

3.	such a waterway, enclosed or open, together with the surrounding piers, wharves, etc.

4.

dry dock.

5.	a platform for loading and unloading trucks, railway freight cars, etc.

6.	an airplane hangar or repair shed.

7.	Also called scene dock. a place in a theater near the stage or beneath the floor of the stage for the storage of scenery.

–verb (used with object)

8.	to bring (a ship or boat) into a dock; lay up in a dock.

9.	to place in dry dock, as for repairs, cleaning, or painting.

10.	to join (a space vehicle) with another or with a space station in outer space.

–verb (used without object)

11.	to come or go into a dock or dry dock.

12.	(of two space vehicles) to join together in outer space.