loading dock

1. 1.

   a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded

   Synonymsdock

   Broaderplatform

Questions about loading dock

What does loading dock mean?

loading dock means "a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded".

What is another word for loading dock?

Close synonyms include dock. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is loading dock a common word?

loading dock is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.