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stemhead

stemhead noun: the top and foremost end of a stem on a marine vessel.

Noun

stemhead (plural stemheads)

  1. The top and foremost end of a stem on a marine vessel.
    • [...] and a man, all in a heap in the bows of the boat, slept with both arms embracing the stem-head and with his cheek laid on the gunwale.1898, Joseph Conrad, Youth

Forms of stemhead

pluralstemheads
alternative formstem-head

Origin of stemhead

From stem + head.

Questions about stemhead

What does stemhead mean?
Stemhead means the top and foremost end of a stem on a marine vessel.
What part of speech is stemhead?
Stemhead is a noun.
What is the plural of stemhead?
The plural of stemhead is stemheads.

Words near stemhead in the dictionary

  1. Stemen
  2. Stemens
  3. stemes
  4. stemflow
  5. stemflows
  6. stemhead
  7. stemheads
  8. STEMI
  9. steming
  10. STEMinism
  11. STEMinist

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