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sternpost

sternpost noun: a timber or steel bar extending from the keel to the main deck at the stern of a vessel.

sternpost: a timber or steel bar extending from the keel to the main deck at the stern of a vessel
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Noun

sternpost (plural sternposts)

  1. A timber or steel bar extending from the keel to the main deck at the stern of a vessel.

Forms of sternpost

pluralsternposts

Origin of sternpost

From stern + post.

Questions about sternpost

What does sternpost mean?
Sternpost means a timber or steel bar extending from the keel to the main deck at the stern of a vessel.
What part of speech is sternpost?
Sternpost is a noun.
What is the plural of sternpost?
The plural of sternpost is sternposts.

Words near sternpost in the dictionary

  1. sternovertebral
  2. sternpicker
  3. sternpickers
  4. sternport
  5. sternports
  6. sternpost
  7. sternposts
  8. sterns
  9. sternsheets
  10. sternsman
  11. sternsmen

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