navy yard

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A dockyard for the construction, repair, equipping, or docking of naval vessels.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A government dockyard; in the United States, a dockyard where government ships are built, repaired, and fitted out, and where naval stores and munitions of war are laid up.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun a military shipyard