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whaleback

whaleback noun: a kind of cargo steamship with a hull that continuously curves above the waterline from vertical to horizontal.

Noun

whaleback (plural whalebacks)

  1. (historical) A kind of cargo steamship with a hull that continuously curves above the waterline from vertical to horizontal.
  2. A landform (typically a sand dune) having the form of the back of a whale.

Forms of whaleback

pluralwhalebacks

Origin of whaleback

* whale + back. * (ship): From its whale-like appearance when fully loaded.

Words formed from whaleback

Questions about whaleback

What does whaleback mean?
Whaleback means a kind of cargo steamship with a hull that continuously curves above the waterline from vertical to horizontal.
What part of speech is whaleback?
Whaleback is a noun.
What is the plural of whaleback?
The plural of whaleback is whalebacks.

Words near whaleback in the dictionary

  1. whale-fisher
  2. whale-fishers
  3. whale-path
  4. whale-road
  5. whale-roads
  6. whaleback
  7. whalebacks
  8. whalebird
  9. whalebirds
  10. whaleboat
  11. whaleboater

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