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Added 9 October 2026

dock

/dɒk/ noun

In Latin: navale Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about dock at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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.

verb

Come into dock.
the ship docked
Deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty.
Deduct from someone's wages.

Origin

From Middle English dokke, from Old English docce, from Proto-West Germanic *dokkā, from Proto-Germanic *dukkǭ (compare Old Danish dokke (“water-dock”), West Flemish dokke, dokkebladeren (“coltsfoot, butterbur”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- (“dark”) (compare Latvian duga (“scum, slime on water”)).

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