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forecastles

forecastles is the plural 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

Phrases with forecastles

Questions about forecastles

What is forecastles the plural of?
Forecastles is the plural of forecastle.

Words near forecastles in the dictionary

  1. forecastle lamp
  2. forecastle lamps
  3. forecastled
  4. forecastleman
  5. forecastlemen
  6. forecastles
  7. forecasts
  8. forecatch
  9. forecatches
  10. forecatching
  11. forecaught

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forecastles (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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