Adjacent Words

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: located away from the midline of a vessel or aircraft; "the outboard section of a wing"; "outboard rigging" [ant: inboard] n
1: a motorboat with an outboard motor [syn: outboard motorboat, outboard]
2: internal-combustion engine that mounts at stern of small boat [syn: outboard motor, outboard]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Date: circa 1823 1. situated outboard 2. having, using, or limited to the use of an outboard motor II. adverb Date: circa 1848 1. outside a ship's bulwarks ; in a lateral direction from the hull 2. in a position closer or closest to either of the wingtips of an airplane or to the sides of an automobile III. noun Date: 1935 1. outboard motor 2. a boat with an outboard motor

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1 (of a motor) portable and attachable to the outside of the stern of a boat. 2 (of a boat) having an outboard motor. --adj. & adv. on, towards, or near the outside of esp. a ship, an aircraft, etc. --n. 1 an outboard engine. 2 a boat with an outboard engine.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Outboard 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

An outboard motor is one that you can fix to the back of a small boat. ADJ: ADJ n