Definition of "dock" []

• The area of water between two piers or alongside a pier that receives a ship for loading, unloading, or repairs. (noun)
• A pier; a wharf. (noun)
• A group of piers on a commercial waterfront that serve as a general landing area for ships or boats. Often used in the plural. (noun)
• A platform at which trucks or trains load or unload cargo. (noun)
• To maneuver (a vessel or vehicle) into or next to a dock. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Rarely put in the dock is the change to transparent accounting, which forced private companies to stop pretending all was well."
• "As an aside, I'd like to point out that the encroaching neighbor who also thinks her dock is a boat (Saturday's PI story linked to earlier in thread) served for 4 years on the Ames Lake Community Club board in the late 90's."
• "Personally, I use Arch.) +1 Windows (For Win7, I've been poking around with it, and it's really easy to get the hang of.) +0 OSX (The built in dock is nice, but that universal option bar is a pain in the ass.),"