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What is the noun for docking?

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dock
  1. A fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port.
  2. A structure attached to shore for loading and unloading vessels.
  3. The body of water between two piers.
  4. The place of arrival and departure of a train in a railway station.
  5. A section of a hotel or restaurant.
  6. (electronics) A device designed as a base for holding a connected portable appliance such as a laptop computer (in this case, referred to as a docking station), or a mobile telephone, for providing the necessary electrical charge for its autonomy, or as a hardware extension for additional capabilities.
  7. (graphical user interface) A toolbar that provides the user with a way of launching applications, and switching between running applications.
  8. An act of docking; joining two things together.
  9. Synonyms:
      10. pier, quay, wharf, jetty, port, anchorage, harbour, waterfront, marina, float, haven, landing, levee, quai, boatyard, dockyard, harbourage, hithe, moorage, berth, harbor, landing stage, mooring, slip, landing pier, quayside, harborage, roadstead, landing place, breakwater, bay, seaport, slipway, pontoon, dockside, embankment, groyne, roads, cove, inlet, road, groin, mole, embarcadère, dyke, embarcadere, seafront, moorings, dockage, refuge … more
  10. Examples:
      11. “The ship is able to offload a barge at a destination port without stopping to tie up at a busy dock.”
docking
  1. The process of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal.
  2. The securing of a vessel to the quayside with cables
  3. The process of connecting one spacecraft to another.
  4. (molecular biology) A method which predicts the preferred orientation of one molecule to a second when bound to each other to form a stable complex.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. landing, descent, touchdown, deplaning, splashdown, re-entry, coming in, arrival, landfall, touching down, curtailment, reduction, cutback, lessening, retrenchment, cut, cutting, decrease, diminution, limitation, restriction, shortening, shrinkage, truncation, abbreviation, condensation, curb, guillotine, cutting short, deduction, discount, rebate, concession, subtraction, allowance, abatement, depreciation, removal, abstraction, withdrawal, debit, discounting, credit, decrement, dockage, excision … more
dock
  1. The fleshy root of an animal's tail.
  2. The part of the tail which remains after the tail has been docked.
  3. (obsolete) The buttocks or anus.
  4. A leather case to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. pier, quay, wharf, jetty, port, anchorage, harbour, waterfront, marina, float, haven, landing, levee, quai, boatyard, dockyard, harbourage, hithe, moorage, berth, harbor, landing stage, mooring, slip, landing pier, quayside, harborage, roadstead, landing place, breakwater, bay, seaport, slipway, pontoon, dockside, embankment, groyne, roads, cove, inlet, road, groin, mole, embarcadère, dyke, embarcadere, seafront, moorings, dockage, refuge … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “The ship is able to offload a barge at a destination port without stopping to tie up at a busy dock.”
dock
  1. 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.
  2. A burdock plant, or the leaves of that plant.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. pier, quay, wharf, jetty, port, anchorage, harbour, waterfront, marina, float, haven, landing, levee, quai, boatyard, dockyard, harbourage, hithe, moorage, berth, harbor, landing stage, mooring, slip, landing pier, quayside, harborage, roadstead, landing place, breakwater, bay, seaport, slipway, pontoon, dockside, embankment, groyne, roads, cove, inlet, road, groin, mole, embarcadère, dyke, embarcadere, seafront, moorings, dockage, refuge … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “The ship is able to offload a barge at a destination port without stopping to tie up at a busy dock.”
docksider
  1. A boat shoe often used as casual footwear.
  2. A person who lives in or frequents a dockside area.
dockization
  1. conversion of an area of water into a dock, by excluding the tide with a dam
docklands
  1. An area of a town or city which contains, or used to contain, an industrial port.
  2. Examples:
      3. “There are some high quality office spaces available at present, particularly along the quays and docklands area.”
      “The Riverside City project will see a new cityscape built from the docklands.”
      “The company are located in a busy area of Sligo docklands and were looking to carry out a number of changes to their warehouse premises.”
dockworker
  1. A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. longshoreman, rouster, dockhand, docker, stevedore, roustabout, wharfie, worker, workman, workwoman, grunt, workingwoman, workingman, hireling, drudge, peon, farmhand, hand, operative, manual worker, working stiff, blue-collar worker, migrant worker, unskilled worker, working woman, working girl, working man, laborer, labourer, khalasi, rouseabout, mazdoor, navvy, mechanic, hired man, manual laborer, hired hand, digger, hodman, day labourer, employee, workperson, artisan, crewman, craftsman, jobholder, sailor, deckhand, menial, artificer … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Does this scenario sound like the 2002 dockworker dispute at West Coast ports prompted by lockouts of longshoremen?”
      “Mr Donkin, a retired dockworker, was looking after the siblings while his daughter Andrea Smith, 40, and her husband James Smith, 31, went out for a meal.”
      “The comic drama tells the story of a mild-mannered Irish dockworker living in a British settlement in India who is transformed into an exemplary soldier.”
dockland
  1. The land area surrounding a dock, especially the renovated or gentrified areas surrounding a former dock.
  2. Examples:
      3. “Instead, we explored the bustling boardwalks of the restored historic dockland, watching boats come and go and keeping an eye out for fur seals.”
      “This was an area of dockland, reclaimed and rejuvenated for the hosting of Expo 98, which has been retained as an area of visitor interest.”
      “I met him at the official opening of a new dockland wharf where the drinks flowed freely.”
dock
  1. Part of a courtroom where the accused sits.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. pier, quay, wharf, jetty, port, anchorage, harbour, waterfront, marina, float, haven, landing, levee, quai, boatyard, dockyard, harbourage, hithe, moorage, berth, harbor, landing stage, mooring, slip, landing pier, quayside, harborage, roadstead, landing place, breakwater, bay, seaport, slipway, pontoon, dockside, embankment, groyne, roads, cove, inlet, road, groin, mole, embarcadère, dyke, embarcadere, seafront, moorings, dockage, refuge … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The ship is able to offload a barge at a destination port without stopping to tie up at a busy dock.”
dockworking
  1. Work at a dock, typically loading and unloading freight.
dockmaster
  1. Someone in charge of a dock, or of docking.
dockside
  1. The area near a dock, or next to a docked ship.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. dock, jetty, pier, harbour, harbor, wharf, quay, quayside, waterfront, port, wharfage, landing stage, landing, berth, marina, float, quai, levee, slip, seafront, landing place, pontoon, slipway, embankment, sea wall, breakwater, embarcadère, embarcadere, dockyard, yard, boat storage, mooring, anchorage, haven, moorage, harbourage, harborage, boatyard, roadstead, seaport, bay, hithe, groyne, mole, dyke, moorings, groin, cove, firth, road … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Her anchor chains are on trailers at dockside and her huge oil transfer hoses are nowhere to be seen.”
      “Their modern tracked cranes equipped with grabs and magnets can be seen operating at the dockside in Sligo harbour.”
      “Drug barons operate out of a dockside warehouse, employing some of their fellow countrymen to do the donkey work.”
docklander
  1. An inhabitant of the docklands.
dockhand
  1. Someone who works at a dock.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. longshoreman, rouster, docker, dockworker, stevedore, roustabout, wharfie, worker, workman, workwoman, grunt, workingwoman, workingman, hireling, drudge, peon, farmhand, hand, operative, manual worker, working stiff, blue-collar worker, migrant worker, unskilled worker, working woman, working girl, working man, labourer, laborer, employee, artisan, craftsman, operator, jobholder, retainer, employe, hired man, hired hand, khalasi, rouseabout, mechanic, mazdoor, navvy, toiler, dogsbody, mechanical, craftsperson, breadwinner, help, workhand … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Even without the rags and the apparent mistreatment of being held there, the man looked the perfect part of the poor man, the simple dockhand.”
      “Mr Iovine, on the other hand, the son of a dockhand from Brooklyn, started out as a sound engineer.”
dockman
  1. A man who works on a dock.
docks
  1. plural of dock
  2. A collection of docks, wharves, warehouses and offices
  3. Synonyms:
      4. port, harbor, harbour, pier, wharf, dock, jetty, anchorage, haven, mooring, marina, harbourage, moorage, harborage, landing, seaport, boatyard, roadstead, dockyard, hithe, roads, dockage, piers, refuge, retreat, sanctuary, shelter … more
docklanders
  1. plural of docklander
dockmasters
  1. plural of dockmaster
dockworkers
  1. plural of dockworker
  2. Synonyms:
      3. longshoremen, rousters, dockhands, dockers, stevedores, roustabouts, wharfies, hirelings, grunts, hands, operatives, peons, migrant workers, farmhands, workmen, working girls, drudges, workingwomen, workers, workwomen, workingmen … more
docksiders
  1. plural of docksider
dockhands
  1. plural of dockhand
  2. Synonyms:
      3. longshoremen, rousters, dockers, dockworkers, stevedores, roustabouts, wharfies, hirelings, grunts, hands, operatives, peons, migrant workers, farmhands, workmen, working girls, drudges, workingwomen, workers, workwomen, workingmen, helpers, workpersons, craftsmen, labourers, artificers, crewmen, field hands, mechanicals, employes, mazdoors, farm workers, craftspersons, rouseabouts, aides, retainers, khalasis, laborers, jobholders, sailors, employees, hired hands, artisans … more
docksides
  1. plural of dockside
  2. Synonyms:
      3. docks, jetties, piers, harbours, harbors, wharves, quays, quaysides, waterfronts, port, wharfage, landing stages, levees, landings, seafronts, floats, berths, marinas, slips, embankments, pontoons, slipways, breakwaters, embarcaderes, yards, dockyards, anchorages, moorings, havens, moorages, harbourages, roadsteads, boatyards, harborages, bays, seaports, hithes, staithes, moles, dockage, groynes, firths, dykes, coves, roads, inlets, groins, arms, bights, refuge … more
dockmen
  1. plural of dockman
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