DOCKING FACILITY Synonyms

• a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away

• a fancy dock for small yachts and cabin cruisers

• a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats

• (architecture) a vertical supporting structure (as a portion of wall between two doors or windows)

• a support for two adjacent bridge spans

• a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country

• sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal

• an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through

• the left side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose

• (computer science) computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals)

• located on the left side of a ship or aircraft

• put or turn on the left side, of a ship

• bring to port

• land at or reach a port

• turn or go to the port or left side, of a ship

• carry, bear, convey, or bring

• carry or hold with both hands diagonally across the body, especially of weapons

• drink port

• modify (software) for use on a different machine or platform

• wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline

• of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route

• relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time

• being or situated at an end

• station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods

• a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves

• either extremity of something that has length

• electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display

• occurring at or forming an end or termination

• causing or ending in or approaching death

• a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats

• provide with a wharf

• store on a wharf

• discharge at a wharf

• come into or dock at a wharf

• moor at a wharf

• an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial

• any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine

• a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats

• a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded

• landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out

• the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair

• a short or shortened tail of certain animals

• come into dock

• deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty

• deduct from someone's wages

• remove or shorten the tail of an animal

• maneuver into a dock

• a fee charged for a vessel to use a dock

• landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out

• the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes