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prores

prores is the plural of prore.

Meaning of prore

Noun

prore (plural prores)

  1. (obsolete, poetic) The front part of a ship.
    • These in twelve galleys with vermilion prores
      Beneath his conduct sought the Phrygian shores..1715, Homer, “Book II”, in Alexander Pope, transl., The Iliad of Homer, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    bow, stem, forestem, prow
    Antonyms:
    stern, aft, poop

Questions about prores

What is prores the plural of?
Prores is the plural of prore.

Words near prores in the dictionary

  1. prorehabilitation
  2. prorenal
  3. prorenalase
  4. prorenin
  5. prorepublican
  6. prores
  7. proresearch
  8. proresolving
  9. proresorptive
  10. prorestriction
  11. prorevival

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