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'''Dock''' may refer to:
===In transportation===
*[[Dock (maritime)]], an area of water for building or repairing or loading and unloading ships or ferries
**[[Wharf]], a fixed platform, commonly on pilings, where ships are loaded and unloaded
**[[Pier]], a raised walkway over water, supported by widely spread piles or pillars
**[[Ferry slip]], a specialized docking facility that receives a ferryboat
**[[Pontoon (boat)|Pontoon]], a buoyant device, used to support docks or floating bridges
**[[Dry dock]], a narrow basin that can be flooded and drained to allow a load to come to rest on a dry platform
** [[Loading dock]] or [[Cargo bay]], an unloading area for trucks to deliver cargo
**[[Jetty]]
**[[Stevedore]], a worker who loads and unloads ships, also known as a ''docker'' or ''longshoreman''
*[[Space rendezvous]], if it includes docking
===In natural sciences===
*[[Rumex]], plants called docks and sorrels including [[narrow-leaf dock]] (''[[Rumex mexicanus]]''), [[curly dock]] or [[curled dock]] (''[[Rumex crispus]]''), [[broadleaf dock]] or [[butter dock]] (''[[Rumex obtusifolius]]'') and many other members of the ''Rumex'' genus
*[[Burdock]], a group of biennial thistles
*Some other species of plants such as [[prairie dock]] (''[[Silphium terebinthinaceum]]'', ''[[Silphium perfoliatum]]'', ''[[Parthenium integrifolium]]''),
*[[Docking (molecular)]], a research technique for predicting the relative orientation of two molecules to each other in a bimolecular complex
===In computing===
*[[Docking station]], for a portable computer
*[[Dock (computing)]], a graphical user interface feature
===Other===
*[[Docking (animal)]], the removal of part of an animal, often tail or ears
:*[[Docking (dog)]] - the same practice restricted to dogs
:*For use on humans, e.g. [[Mutilation#Docking as human punishment|as corporal punishment]], see [[Mutilation]]
*[[The Docks Waterfront Entertainment Complex]] in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
*[[Docking (sexual practice)#Male-male genital sex|Docking (sexual practice)]], a sexual act performed between two men. Specifically, when one man pulls his foreskin over the head of another man's penis.
*The first level of the [[Heretic (video game)#Game levels|Heretic]] video game
*The place where the defendant stands in a British courtroom (see [[Courtroom#Scotland|the layout of courts in Scotland]]) hence the expression "in the dock"
*[[Docking, Norfolk]], a village in East Anglia, England
*[[Dock (Hayden Scott-Barren)]], a UK [[manga]] illustrator
==See also==
*[[Canid hybrid#Dog-fox hybrids|Dox]], a supposed hybrid between a dog and a fox
*[[DOC]] (disambiguation)
*[[London Docklands|Docklands]], the area in London
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