fin keel

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noun Nautical.

a finlike projection extending downward from the keel of a sailboat, serving to prevent lateral motion and acting as additional ballast.

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Words nearby fin keel

finite verb, finitism, finito, finitude, fink, fin keel, fink out, Finland, Finlander, Finlandia, Finlandization

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How to use fin keel in a sentence

It has silvery blue skin and a red dorsal fin that runs the length of its body.
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“The annoying thing about life is that it screws up the production,” Fin muses.
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He carried with him the insecurities, foibles, and morose visions of fin de siècle Europe.
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“Beside me the young Brit was snoring softly now, his glasses askew on his fin-shaped nose,” Obama wrote.
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They sense that their ship of state is no longer on an even keel.
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But, as the keel of the boats touched bottom, each boat-load dashed into the water and then into the enemy's fire.
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Robert was out there under the shed, reclining in the shade against the sloping keel of the overturned boat.
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Mais on peut bien appeller vn voyage heureux, quand en fin on arrive bon port.
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En fin il parvint Dieppe, & apres quelque sejour il se mit en mer le 26.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
Bref ilz remboursent lesditz Marchs de chac deux milles livres, 176 & se mettent en fin la voile le 26.
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British Dictionary definitions for fin keel

fin keel

noun

a projection from the keel of a vessel to give it additional stability

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