navy yard

Thân thiện

A large cargo ship is being repaired at the busy navy yard.

Definition

Noun: A navy yard is a military shipyard. It is a government-owned and operated industrial facility specifically designed for the building, repair, maintenance, and outfitting of warships and other vessels for a nation's navy.

Usage

A "navy yard" is a specific type of shipyard under military control. It is used to refer to the physical complex of docks, workshops, and dry docks where naval vessels are serviced.

Examples

• The aircraft carrier underwent extensive modernization at the navy yard.
• Security is extremely tight around the perimeter of the navy yard.
• The historic navy yard has been building ships for the fleet for over a century.

Advanced Usage

• The term can be used metonymically to refer to the administrative command or the community associated with such a facility.
  • The decision from Navy Yard will affect all shipbuilding schedules.

Variants and Related Words

• Shipyard (noun): A more general term for a place where ships are built and repaired. All navy yards are shipyards, but not all shipyards are navy yards.
• Naval base (noun): A broader term for a military base that supports naval operations, which may include a navy yard within it, but also encompasses housing, training, and command facilities.
• Dockyard (noun): Often used synonymously with shipyard, particularly in British English; a navy yard is a type of dockyard.

Synonyms

• Naval shipyard
• Naval dockyard

Related Phrases

• To be laid up in a navy yard: Refers to a ship being taken out of active service for a long period of repair or overhaul.
  • The damaged destroyer was laid up in the navy yard for eight months.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a military shipyard

Từ đồng nghĩa

• naval shipyard