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dockyard

noun as in dry dock

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The bus journey ended at the westernmost tip of the island, the old Royal Navy Dockyard.

He had not the least idea what wadding was, and his notion of a bullet was a dockyard cannon-ball bigger than his own head.

Scotland had not a single ship of the line, nor a single dockyard where such a ship could be built.

On Nat's return to the dockyard, he delighted Lippincott with the news of the exchange that they were to make.

As soon as she had picked up moorings Nat landed at the dockyard, and, proceeding to the admiral's, reported himself there.

Nat at once hurried off, while Captain Painton went into the office of another of the officials of the dockyard.

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On this page you'll find 22 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to dockyard, such as: graving dock, and shipyard.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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