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paddlewheeler

paddlewheeler noun: a boat propelled by paddlewheel.

paddlewheeler: a boat propelled by paddlewheel
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Noun

paddlewheeler (plural paddlewheelers)

  1. A boat propelled by paddlewheel.
    • People along rivers and the coast who used rowboats and small sailboats for fishing and ferrying learned to dread the sound of a paddlewheeler coming through the mist.1987, Bob Whittier, Paddle wheel steamers and their giant engines, page 39
    • A long drawn-out whistle from a paddlewheeler filled the air.1995, Cassie Edwards, Savage Pride, page 23

Forms of paddlewheeler

pluralpaddlewheelers

Origin of paddlewheeler

From paddlewheel + -er.

Questions about paddlewheeler

What does paddlewheeler mean?
Paddlewheeler means a boat propelled by paddlewheel.
What part of speech is paddlewheeler?
Paddlewheeler is a noun.
What is the plural of paddlewheeler?
The plural of paddlewheeler is paddlewheelers.

Words near paddlewheeler in the dictionary

  1. paddlesports
  2. paddlesteamer
  3. paddleth
  4. paddlewheel
  5. paddlewheel complex
  6. paddlewheeler
  7. paddlewheelers
  8. paddlewheels
  9. paddlewood
  10. Paddley
  11. paddling

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