keel
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English kele, from Old Norse kjǫlr.
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Noun [edit]
keel (plural keels)
- a large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern
- 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
- a type of flat-bottomed boat
- something similar to chalk or crayon used to mark pavement
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Translations [edit]
beam along the underside of a ship’s hull
rigid flat piece of material giving a ship greater control and stability
chalk or crayon to mark pavement
Verb [edit]
keel (third-person singular simple present keels, present participle keeling, simple past and past participle keeled)
- (intransitive, followed by "over") to collapse, to fall
- He keeled over after having a stroke.
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Dutch [edit]
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Noun [edit]
keel f (plural kelen, diminutive keeltje)
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Noun [edit]
keel n (uncountable)
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Estonian [edit]
Noun [edit]
keel (genitive keele, partitive keelt)
Declension [edit]
- This Estonian noun needs an inflection-table template.