keel
Definition of keel:
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part of speech: noun
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part of speech: noun
The part of a ship extending along the bottom from stem to stern, and supporting the whole frame: a low flat- bottomed boat: ( bot.) the lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower.
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part of speech: noun
The principal and lowest timber in a ship, extending from stem to stern, and supporting the whole frame; a low flat- bottomed vessel; in bot., a projecting ridge, rising along the middle of a flat or curved surface; the two lowermost, and more or less combined, petals of a papilionaceous corolla.
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part of speech: verb
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Common misspellings:
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- kegel (100.0%)