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false keel

false keel noun: the timber below the main keel, used to serve both as a protection and to increase the ship's lateral resistance.

Noun

false keel (plural false keels)

  1. The timber below the main keel, used to serve both as a protection and to increase the ship's lateral resistance.

Forms of false keel

pluralfalse keels

Questions about false keel

What does false keel mean?
False keel means the timber below the main keel, used to serve both as a protection and to increase the ship's lateral resistance.
What part of speech is false keel?
False keel is a noun.
What is the plural of false keel?
The plural of false keel is false keels.

Words near false keel in the dictionary

  1. false imprisonments
  2. false ironwort
  3. false jalap
  4. false jewel beetle
  5. false jewel beetles
  6. false keel
  7. false keels
  8. false key
  9. false keys
  10. false killer whale
  11. false killer whales

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