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navy yard

noun

  1. a government dockyard where naval ships are built, repaired, and fitted out, and naval supplies and munitions are laid up.


navy yard

noun

  1. a naval shipyard, esp in the US
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of navy yard1

First recorded in 1765–75
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“I heard a tremendous explosion, and, rushing out, saw that the public buildings, navy yard, ropewalks, &c., were on fire.â€

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So The Oregon Board of Health brought an infected tissue sample from the navy yard in Bremerton, Washington, to Dr. Lawrence’s lab in Portland.

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Hundreds of law enforcement officers descended on the navy yard on Thursday, but they found no evidence that there had been any shooting.

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Their efforts are crammed into the Giardini and the seemingly endless string of galleries that fill much of the medieval Arsenale, Venice’s former navy yard, a short distance away.

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AP dispatches said Confederate ironclad vessels were blown up and the navy yard burned at Savannah.

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