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Meaning of OUTBOARD

Pronunciation:  'awt`bowrd

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  internal-combustion engine that mounts at stern of small boat
  2. [n]  a motorboat with an outboard motor
  3. [adj]  located away from the midline of a vessel or aircraft; "the outboard section of a wing"; "outboard rigging"
 
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 Synonyms: outboard motor, outboard motorboat, portable
 
 Antonyms: inboard
 
 See Also: ICE, internal-combustion engine, motorboat, powerboat, screw, screw propeller

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Out"board`\, a. & adv. (Naut.)
Beyond or outside of the lines of a vessel's bulwarks or
hull; in a direction from the hull or from the keel; --
opposed to {inboard}; as, outboard rigging; swing the davits
outboard.
 
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