Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, having the form of a keel; carinate.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective shaped in the form of the keel of a boat
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Examples
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Our view of the dome was marred somewhat by an enormous keel-shaped scaffold used by workers restoring the dome.
Holy Wisdom Walter Jon Williams 2006
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Our view of the dome was marred somewhat by an enormous keel-shaped scaffold used by workers restoring the dome.
Archive 2006-08-01 Walter Jon Williams 2006
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The lower keel-shaped part of the same formed the car.
British Airships, Past, Present, and Future George Whale
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This envelope was attached to a rigid elliptical keel-shaped girder made of steel tubes, which was about a third of the length of the ship.
British Airships, Past, Present, and Future George Whale
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Their skulls are without angles and differ greatly from the keel-shaped skulls.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898 Various
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So, not so often, does keel-shaped Citadel Mountain on the near-by left; also, at times, majestic Little Chief, he of lofty mien and snow-dashed crown, and stolid Red Eagle, whose gigantic reflection reddens a mile of waters.
The Book of the National Parks Robert Sterling Yard 1903
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A keel-shaped mound was made of wet sand, about fifteen feet long by two feet high.
The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia James George Frazer 1897
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This being the case, it just turns over and swims with its keel-shaped back in the water.
The Insect Folk Margaret Warner Morley 1890
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Underneath, on the median line, we see a long, dark-brown scale, pointed, keel-shaped, fixed by its base to the first abdominal segment, with its sides prolonged into membranous wings which are fastened tightly to the insect's flanks.
The Mason-Bees Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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Most have a bullet head, like the Flare Hawk, or round, boxing glove, arrow, or something similar to the standard Upperman head, which is narrow and keel-shaped so that it sinks fast, offering little resistance to the water.
unknown title 2009
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