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Meaning of 'keel' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Keel [ n.]
- A brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat.
- A longitudinal timber, or series of timbers scarfed together, extending from stem to stern along the bottom of a vessel. It is the principal timber of the vessel, and, by means of the ribs attached on each side, supports the vessel's frame. In an iron vessel, a combination of plates supplies the place of the keel of a wooden ship. See Illust. of Keelson.
- Fig.: The whole ship.
- A barge or lighter, used on the Type for carrying coal from Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twenty-one tons, four cwt.
- The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and inclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina. See Carina.
- A projecting ridge along the middle of a flat or curved surface.
2 . Keel [ v. i.]
- To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
- To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.
3 . Keel [ v. t. & i.]
- To cool; to skim or stir.

Meaning of 'keel' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . keel [ v]
Meaning (1):
- walk as if unable to control one's movements
Example in sentence:
  • The drunken man staggered into the room

Nearby Words:

kee keech keelage keeled keeler keelfat keelhaul keelhauled keelhauling keeling

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