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LIMBERS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A channel or gutter on either side of a ship's keelson; carries bilge water into the pump well

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("limbers" is a kind of...):

channel (a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (third person singular) of the verb limber

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