dry dock

English Thesaurus

1. a large dock from which water can be pumped out; used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	dock, dockage, docking facility,
definition	:	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 (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	floating dock, floating dry dock,
definition	:	dry dock that can be submerged under a vessel and then raised (noun.artifact)

part meronym	:	shipyard,
definition	:	a workplace where ships are built or repaired (noun.artifact)