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COAMING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does coaming mean?
• COAMING (noun)
The noun COAMING has 1 sense:
1. a raised framework around a hatchway on a ship to keep water out
Familiarity information: COAMING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A raised framework around a hatchway on a ship to keep water out
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("coaming" is a kind of...):
frame; framework (a structure supporting or containing something)
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