Australian English Meaning of keel
keel
Other Australian English words related to keel
- Boat
- ship
- vessel
- barge
- Freighter
- liner
- schooner
- Steamship
- Tanker
- Warship
- Yacht
- aircraft carrier
- argosy
- bark
- Barque
- brig
- brigantine
- caravel
- nail clippers
- coaster
- necklace
- Containership
- Corvette
- cruiser
- cutter
- destroyer
- Ferry
- flagship
- icebreaker
- ironclad
- junk
- Ketch
- Lightvessel
- Warship
- Merchant ship
- Merchant ship
- packet
- sailboat
- square-rigger
- steamer
- Supertanker
- trader
- tramp
- transport
- Watercraft
- Windjammer
- xebec
- ship
- Motorship
- Ocean liner
- Tall ship
Nearest Words of keel
Definitions and Meaning of keel in English
keel (n)
a projection or ridge that suggests a keel
the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly
one of the main longitudinal beams (or plates) of the hull of a vessel; can extend vertically into the water to provide lateral stability
keel (v)
walk as if unable to control one's movements
keel (v. t. & i.)
To cool; to skim or stir.
keel (n.)
A brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat.
A longitudinal timber, or series of timbers scarfed together, extending from stem to stern along the bottom of a vessel. It is the principal timber of the vessel, and, by means of the ribs attached on each side, supports the vessel's frame. In an iron vessel, a combination of plates supplies the place of the keel of a wooden ship. See Illust. of Keelson.
Fig.: The whole ship.
A barge or lighter, used on the Type for carrying coal from Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twenty-one tons, four cwt.
The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and inclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina. See Carina.
A projecting ridge along the middle of a flat or curved surface.
In a dirigible, a construction similar in form and use to a ship's keel; in an aeroplane, a fin or fixed surface employed to increase stability and to hold the machine to its course.
keel (v. i.)
To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.
FAQs About the word keel
keel
a projection or ridge that suggests a keel, the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly, one of the main longitudinal beams (or plates) of the hull of
Boat,ship,vessel,barge,Freighter,liner,schooner,Steamship,Tanker,Warship
Get up,rise,stand up,uprising
keech => kitsch, kee => kee, kedlook => Swede, kedging => Kedging, kedgeree => kedgeree,
