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OUTRIGGER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A stabilizer for a canoe; spars attach to a shaped log or float parallel to the hull
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("outrigger" is a kind of...):
stabiliser; stabilizer (a device for making something stable)
Holonyms ("outrigger" is a part of...):
outrigger canoe (a seagoing canoe (as in South Pacific) with an outrigger to prevent it from upsetting)