Look up: Keel

1. Keel
   Ridge resembling a boat's keel, as in the glumes of certain grasses. The inferior petal in the flowers of legumes.
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2. keel
   [Noun] The shaped bottom which forms the backbone of a boat.
   Example: As they pushed the boat down the beach, the keel left a groove in the sand.
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3. keel
   [n] - the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly 2. [n] - one of the main longitudinal beams (or plates) of the hull of a vessel
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4. Keel
   A weighted extension of a boat running below it that prevents the boat from sliding sideways.
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5. Keel
   a fin at the bottom of a boat which is weighted
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6. Keel
   (1) A longitudinal centre member running the length of a hull or float. (2) An internal or external framework integral with the underside of a rigid airship and serving to distribute the concentrated loads along the hull. (3) A rigid or articulated framedwork in a semi-rigid airship serving the same...
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7. keel
   a) an internal or external framework along the underside of the hull of a rigid airship, forming an integral part of the structure as a means of distributing the effect of concentrated loads along the hull; b) a rigid or articulated member along the underside of a semi-rigid airship envelope Cate...
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8. Keel
   Keel (kēl) transitive verb & i. [ Anglo-Saxon cēlan to cool, from cōl cool. See Cool .] To cool; to skim or stir. [ Obsolete] « While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.» Shak.
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9. Keel
   Keel noun A brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat.
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10. Keel
    Keel noun [ Confer Anglo-Saxon ceól ship; akin to D. & German kiel keel, Old High German chiol ship, Icelandic kjōll , and perhaps to Greek gay^los a round-built Phœnician merchant vessel, gayl...
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11. Keel
    Keel intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Keeled ; present participle & verbal noun Keeling .] 1. To traverse with a keel; to navigate. 2. To turn up the keel; ...
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12. Keel
    Keel noun (Aëronautics) In a dirigible, a construction similar in form and use to a ship's keel; in an aëroplane, a fin or fixed surface employed to increase stability and to hold the machine to its course.
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13. keel
    <botany> A ridge like the keel of a boat, in particular, a boat-shaped structure formed by fusion of the two anterior petals of a flower. ... (19 Jan 1998) ...
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14. keel
    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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15. keel
    noun the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly
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16. Keel
    • (n.) The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and inclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina. See Carina. • (n.) Fig.: The whole ship. • (n.) A brewer`s cooling vat; a keelfat. • (v. i.) To traverse with a keel; to navigate. • (n.) A projecti...
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17. keel
    (from the article `clupeiform`) The ventral part of the body in the majority of clupeiform fishes forms a keel, the function of which is widely considered to be an adaptation for ...
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18. keel
    (from the article `Fabales`) ...at the top, called the banner, or standard, that develops outside of the others before the flower has opened, two lateral petals called wings, and ...
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19. keel
    in shipbuilding, the main structural member and backbone of a ship or boat, running longitudinally along the centre of the bottom of the hull from ...
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20. Keel
    a fin down the centerline of the bottom of the hull
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21. keel
    Type: Term Pronunciation: kēl Definitions: 1. Paratyphoid or salmonellosis of ducklings. 2. The anatomic term referring to the line along the ventral aspect of bird's breastbone; a bony prominence.
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22. Keel
    A sharp ridge usually located just in front of the flukes.
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23. KEEL
    The centerline of a boat running fore and aft; the backbone of a vessel
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24. keel
    
    • the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly
    • 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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25. Keel
    the timber at the very bottom of the hull to which frames are attached.
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