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fo'castle

fo'castle is the alternative form of forecastle.

Meaning of forecastle

Noun

forecastle (plural forecastles)

  1. A raised part of the upper deck at the front of a ship; the structure of this part of the ship; the crew's quarters located within it.
    • Holonyms: watercraft, vessel, vessel

Forms of fo'castle

pluralfo'castles

Questions about fo'castle

What is fo'castle the alternative form of?
Fo'castle is the alternative form of forecastle.

Words near fo'castle in the dictionary

  1. fo'c's'les
  2. fo'c'sle
  3. fo'c'sles
  4. fo'c'stle
  5. fo'c'stles
  6. fo'castle
  7. fo'castles
  8. fo'ever
  9. Fo-chan
  10. Fo-kien
  11. Fo-kyen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fo'castle (page history and authors); forecastle (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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