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keels

K k

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • /kiːl/
    • /kiːl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /kiːl/

Definition of keels word

  • noun keels Plural form of keel. 1

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Parts of speech for Keels

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

keels popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for keels

verb keels

  • fallsAlbert Bacon, 1861–1944, U.S. politician: senator 1912–21; secretary of the Interior 1921–23; convicted in Teapot Dome scandal.
  • collapses — Plural form of collapse.
  • drops — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
  • faints — a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from a decreased flow of blood to the brain; a swoon: to fall into a faint.
  • founders — Plural form of founder.

noun keels

  • hulls — Plural form of hull.
  • bilges — Nautical. either of the rounded areas that form the transition between the bottom and the sides on the exterior of a hull. Also, bilges. (in a hull with a double bottom) an enclosed area between frames at each side of the floors, where seepage collects. Also called bilge well. a well into which seepage drains to be pumped away. Also called bilge water. seepage accumulated in bilges.

Antonyms for keels

verb keels

  • increases — Plural form of increase.
  • places — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.

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