I.
noun
1 place for loading/unloading ships
ADJECTIVE
▪ commercial
▪ coal , fish , etc.
▪ boat , ferry , shipping (all esp. AmE )
▪ fishing ( AmE )
VERB + DOCK
▪ build , construct
▪ arrive at , arrive in
▪ enter
▪ leave
DOCK + NOUN
▪ company
▪ strike
▪ worker
PREPOSITION
▪ at a/the ~
▪
A car pulled up at the ~.
▪ in ~
▪
The ship is in ~ for repairs.
▪ on a/the ~
▪
the cargo stacked on the ~
2 the dock in a court of law
VERB + THE DOCK
▪ enter , go into , step into
▪ appear in , be in
▪
She was in the ~ on charges of attempted fraud.
PREPOSITION
▪ from the ~
▪
an outburst from the ~
▪ in the ~
▪
The defendant stood in the ~.
II.
verb
Dock is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ boat , ↑ ferry , ↑ ship
Dock is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ boat , ↑ pay , ↑ tail , ↑ wage