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bowthruster

bowthruster is the alternative form of bow thruster.

Meaning of bow thruster

Noun

bow thruster (plural bow thrusters)

  1. A sideways-pointing thruster mounted in a tunnel in the bow or under the bow in a pod, for increased maneuverability.
  2. A fixed or adjustable direction propeller unit mounted on the bow of an airship for increased maneuverability.

Forms of bowthruster

pluralbowthrusters

Questions about bowthruster

What is bowthruster the alternative form of?
Bowthruster is the alternative form of bow thruster.

Words near bowthruster in the dictionary

  1. bowt
  2. bowtel
  3. bowtell
  4. bowtells
  5. bowtels
  6. bowthruster
  7. bowtie
  8. bowtiearene
  9. bowtied
  10. bowties
  11. bowtop

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bowthruster (page history and authors); bow thruster (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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