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STRAKE

• STRAKE (noun)
The noun STRAKE has 1 sense:

1. thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship

Familiarity information: STRAKE used as a noun is very rare.

• STRAKE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

strake; wale

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)

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Useful links:
Definition of plank
Definition of garboard
Definition of gun rest
Definition of gunnel
Definition of gunwale

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