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Definitions of keel
  1. verb
    walk as if unable to control one's movements
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  2. noun
    a projection or ridge that suggests a keel
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  3. noun
    one of the main longitudinal beams (or plates) of the hull of a vessel; can extend vertically into the water to provide lateral stability
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  4. noun
    the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly
Definition that contains keel
  • draft the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded)
  • keel a projection or ridge that suggests a keel
  • carina a keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere; contains the star Canopus
  • carina any of various keel-shaped structures or ridges such as that on the breastbone of a bird or that formed by the fused petals of a pea blossom
  • draught the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded)
  • centerboard a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward
  • keeled having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship
  • ridged having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship
  • waterline a line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keel; often painted on the hull of a ship
  • water level a line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keel; often painted on the hull of a ship
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