outboard propeller

  • 1outboard motor — ☆ outboard motor n. a portable gasoline engine with a propeller, mounted outboard on the stern of a boat to propel it …

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  • 2Outboard motor — Basic parts of an outboard motor Bolinder s two cylinder T …

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  • 3outboard motor — noun internal combustion engine that mounts at stern of small boat (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑outboard • Derivationally related forms: ↑outboard (for: ↑outboard) • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 4outboard motor — noun Date: 1909 a small internal combustion engine with propeller integrally attached for mounting at the stern of a small boat …

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  • 5outboard motor — a portable gasoline engine with propeller and tiller, clamped on the stern of a boat. [1905 10] * * * …

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  • 6outboard motor — noun a detachable unit fitted over the stern of a small boat, comprising a small engine that drives a propeller …

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  • 7outboard motor — out′board mo′tor n. naut. navig. a portable gasoline engine with propeller and tiller, clamped on the stern of a boat • Etymology: 1905–10 …

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  • 8outboard motor — /aʊtbɔd ˈmoʊtə/ (say owtbawd mohtuh) noun a petrol engine with propeller and tiller, clamped on the stern of a boat …

  • 9screw propeller — noun a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air • Syn: ↑screw • Hypernyms: ↑propeller, ↑propellor • Part Holonyms: ↑ship, ↑outboard motor, ↑outboard …

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  • 10inboard-outboard — /ˌɪnbɔd ˈaʊtbɔd/ (say .inbawd owtbawd) adjective (of the engine of a motorboat) located within the boat but driving the propeller by shafting and gearing within metal arms pivoted to the stern of the boat. Compare inboard, outboard …