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OUTBOARD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Internal-combustion engine that mounts at stern of small boat
Synonyms:
outboard; outboard motor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("outboard" is a kind of...):
ICE; internal-combustion engine (a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine)
Meronyms (parts of "outboard"):
screw; screw propeller (a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air)
Derivation:
outboard (located away from the midline of a vessel or aircraft)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A motorboat with an outboard motor
Synonyms:
outboard; outboard motorboat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("outboard" is a kind of...):
motorboat; powerboat (a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Located away from the midline of a vessel or aircraft
Example:
outboard rigging
Classified under:
Similar:
portable (of a motor designed to be attached to the outside of a boat's hull)
Antonym:
inboard (located within the hull or nearest the midline of a vessel or aircraft)
Derivation:
outboard (internal-combustion engine that mounts at stern of small boat)
