keel

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EtymologyEdit

From Middle English kele, from Old Norse kjǫlr.

PronunciationEdit

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kiːl/
• Rhymes: -iːl

NounEdit

keel (plural keels)

1. (nautical) A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.
2. (nautical) Sometimes, a rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull of a ship to give it greater control and stability.
3. (nautical) A type of flat-bottomed boat.
4. A material similar to chalk or crayon used to mark pavement.
5. (zoology) The periphery of a whorl extended to form a more or less flattened plate; a prominent spiral ridge.
6. (botany) The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and enclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina.
7. A brewer's cooling vat.

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VerbEdit

keel (third-person singular simple present keels, present participle keeling, simple past and past participle keeled)

1. (intransitive, followed by "over") to collapse, to fall

   He keeled over after having a stroke.

2. To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
3. To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.

Derived termsEdit

• keel over

TranslationsEdit

AnagramsEdit

• leek

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /keːl/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -eːl

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

keel f (plural kelen, diminutive keeltje n)

1. (anatomy) throat

SynonymsEdit

• hals

Derived termsEdit

• keelgat
• keelpijn

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

keel n (uncountable)

1. (heraldry) gules, the blazoning term for the color red

AnagramsEdit

• leek, leke

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Finnic *keeli.

NounEdit

keel (genitive keele, partitive keelt)

1. language
2. tongue
3. string of musical instrument

DeclensionEdit

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