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breasthooks

breasthooks is the plural of breasthook.

Meaning of breasthook

Noun

breasthook (plural breasthooks)

  1. A horizontal timber fitted in the bows of a ship to add strength and to connect the sides to the stem.

Questions about breasthooks

What is breasthooks the plural of?
Breasthooks is the plural of breasthook.

Words near breasthooks in the dictionary

  1. breastfuls
  2. breastgirth
  3. breastgirths
  4. breastheight
  5. breasthook
  6. breasthooks
  7. breasticle
  8. breasticles
  9. breastie
  10. breastier
  11. breasties

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