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sponsons

sponsons is the plural of sponson.

Meaning of sponson

Noun

sponson (plural sponsons)

  1. A projection from the side of an aircraft, watercraft, or land vehicle.
    • He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits ; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous,[…].1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC

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Questions about sponsons

What is sponsons the plural of?
Sponsons is the plural of sponson.

Words near sponsons in the dictionary

  1. Sponsler
  2. Sponslers
  3. sponson
  4. sponsoned
  5. sponsoning
  6. sponsons
  7. sponsor
  8. sponsor-free
  9. sponsorable
  10. sponsored
  11. sponsored content

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