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STRAKE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship
Synonyms:
strake; wale
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("strake" is a kind of...):
board; plank (a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "strake"):
garboard; garboard plank; garboard strake (the first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship)
gun rest; gunnel; gunwale (wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel)
Holonyms ("strake" is a part of...):
vessel; watercraft (a craft designed for water transportation)
