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dry dock

waterside basin that can be sealed and pumped dry to allow work on a vessel
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dry dock

Summary

dry dock ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,373 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • dry dock is a type of dock[2].
  • dry dock is a type of workshop[3].
  • dry dock is a type of watercraft maintenance facility[4].
  • dry dock is used for maintenance[5].
  • dry dock is used for planned maintenance[6].
  • dry dock's Commons category is recorded as Dry docks[7].
  • dry dock's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Drydocks[8].
  • dry dock's Commons gallery is recorded as Drydock[9].
  • dry dock's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as dock=drydock[10].
  • dry dock's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[11].
  • dry dock's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12].
  • dry dock's different from is recorded as dock[13].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include dock[2], workshop[3], and watercraft maintenance facility[4].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include maintenance[5] and planned maintenance[6].

Why It Matters

dry dock ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,373 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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space dock

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Subclass of → —
    Different from → dock
    P14692 → Q4817
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
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