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KEEL

KEEL is a 4 letter word which starts with the letter K and ends with the letter L for which we found 5 definitions.

Definition
(v. t. & i.) To cool; to skim or stir.
(n.) A brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Fig.: The whole ship.
(n.) A barge or lighter used on the Type for carrying coal from Newcastle; also a barge load of coal twenty-one tons four cwt.

Syllable Information

The word KEEL is a 4 letter word that has 1 syllable . The syllable division for KEEL is: keel


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