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bow waves

bow waves is the plural of bow wave.

Meaning of bow wave

Noun

bow wave (plural bow waves)

  1. The wave that forms at the bow of a ship as it moves through the water, and defines the outer limits of the ship's wake.
    • But in the half light of dawn, at about half past four, a destroyer came towards them from the west, throwing a deep, feathery bow wave of white foam aside as she cut through the water, bearing down on them.1942, Neville Shute, chapter 11, in Pied Piper, New York: William Morrow & Co

Questions about bow waves

What is bow waves the plural of?
Bow waves is the plural of bow wave.

Words near bow waves in the dictionary

  1. bow tie
  2. bow ties
  3. bow to
  4. bow up
  5. bow wave
  6. bow waves
  7. bow window
  8. bow windows
  9. bow wow
  10. bow wows
  11. bow'd

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