1. a structure built on or over water where ships and boats can be moored
2. an enclosed area of water in a port where ships are loaded, unloaded, or repaired
3. the place in a court where an accused person sits during trial
Usage: legal

1. to bring a ship or boat to a dock
2. to reduce someone’s pay as a punishment

Examples

• The cruise ship pulled into the dock at sunset.
• We watched the fishermen dock their boats after the morning catch.
• The company will dock your pay if you’re late too often.
• The defendant stood nervously in the dock.
• She tied the sailboat to the wooden dock.
• The supervisor docked him two hours’ wages for the mistake.
• Large cargo ships use the industrial dock for loading containers.
• Dock weeds grew wild along the riverbank.