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centre-board

centre-board is the alternative spelling of centreboard.

Meaning of centreboard

Noun

centreboard (plural centreboards)

  1. (UK) The adjustable keel on a small yacht or dinghy that acts, among other things, as ballast and to counteract the sideways force of the wind.

Forms of centre-board

pluralcentre-boards

Questions about centre-board

What is centre-board the alternative spelling of?
Centre-board is the alternative spelling of centreboard.

Words near centre-board in the dictionary

  1. centre-axle trailers
  2. centre-back
  3. centre-backs
  4. centre-bit
  5. centre-bits
  6. centre-board
  7. centre-boards
  8. Centre-du-Québec
  9. centre-forward
  10. centre-forwards
  11. centre-half

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Adapted from Wiktionary: centre-board (page history and authors); centreboard (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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