CAPSIZING
Dictionary entry overview: What does capsizing mean? • CAPSIZING (noun)
The noun CAPSIZING has 1 sense:
1. (nautical) the event of a boat accidentally turning over in the water
Familiarity information: CAPSIZING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CAPSIZING (noun)
Meaning:
(nautical) the event of a boat accidentally turning over in the water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("capsizing" is a kind of...):
shipwreck; wreck (an accident that destroys a ship at sea)
Domain category:
navigation; sailing; seafaring (the work of a sailor)
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