dry dock

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A large dock in the form of a basin from which the water can be emptied, used for building or repairing a ship below its water line.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun See dock.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• (Naut.) See under dock.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun Alternative spelling of drydock.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun a large dock from which water can be pumped out; used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline
• verb maneuver (a ship) into a drydock
• noun a large dock from which water can be pumped out; used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline
• verb maneuver (a ship) into a drydock