dock·side

[dok-sahyd]
noun
1.
land or area adjoining a dock: We were at the dockside to greet them.
adjective
2.
pertaining to or located at or near a dockside: dockside warehouses; a dockside fire.

Origin:
1885–90; dock1 + side1

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dockside

noun
the region adjacent to a boat dock 
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Dockside is always a great word to know.
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the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
Example sentences
New equipment, from dockside cranes to the containers themselves, had to be developed.
The lorry would have headed to a port and unloaded its cargo, bolt by bolt, into a dockside warehouse.
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