keel

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From Middle English kele, from Old Norse kjǫlr.

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keel (plural keels)

  1. a large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern
  2. 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. a type of flat-bottomed boat
  4. something similar to chalk or crayon used to mark pavement

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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.

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keel f. (plural kelen, diminutive keeltje)

  1. (anatomy) throat
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keel n. (uncountable)

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

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keel (genitive keele, partitive keelt)

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

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