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trawler

trawler noun: a fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish.

trawler: a fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish
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Noun

trawler (plural trawlers)

  1. A fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish.
  2. A fisherman who uses a trawl net.

trawler meaning in Malayalam, Kannada and Tagalog

trawler in Malayalam

മീൻപിടുത്തവള്ളം, മീൻപിടുത്തബോട്ട്

trawler in Kannada

ಮೀನುದೋಣಿ

trawler in Tagalog

fishing boat
bapor na pamalakaya

Forms of trawler

pluraltrawlers

Plural of trawler: trawlers

Origin of trawler

From trawl + -er.

Words formed from trawler

Words that rhyme with trawler

Questions about trawler

What does trawler mean?
Trawler means a fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish.
What is trawler in Malayalam?
Trawler in Malayalam is മീൻപിടുത്തവള്ളം, മീൻപിടുത്തബോട്ട്. See Trawler meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is trawler?
Trawler is a noun.
What is the plural of trawler?
The plural of trawler is trawlers.

Words near trawler in the dictionary

  1. trawlability
  2. trawlable
  3. trawlboat
  4. trawlboats
  5. trawled
  6. trawler
  7. trawlerman
  8. trawlermen
  9. trawlers
  10. trawling
  11. trawlings

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: trawler (page history and authors); trawler (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); trawler (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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