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downrigger

downrigger noun: a large reel of heavily weighted steel wire fishing line used to fish with trolled bait at great depths.

Noun

downrigger (plural downriggers)

  1. A large reel of heavily weighted steel wire fishing line used to fish with trolled bait at great depths.

Forms of downrigger

pluraldownriggers

Questions about downrigger

What does downrigger mean?
Downrigger means a large reel of heavily weighted steel wire fishing line used to fish with trolled bait at great depths.
What part of speech is downrigger?
Downrigger is a noun.
What is the plural of downrigger?
The plural of downrigger is downriggers.

Words near downrigger in the dictionary

  1. downregulation
  2. downregulations
  3. downregulator
  4. downregulators
  5. downregulatory
  6. downrigger
  7. downriggers
  8. downrigging
  9. downright
  10. downrightly
  11. downrightness

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