OUTBOARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does outboard mean? 

• OUTBOARD (noun)
  The noun OUTBOARD has 2 senses:

1. a motorboat with an outboard motor

2. internal-combustion engine that mounts at stern of small boat

  Familiarity information: OUTBOARD used as a noun is rare.

• OUTBOARD (adjective)
  The adjective OUTBOARD has 1 sense:

1. located away from the midline of a vessel or aircraft

  Familiarity information: OUTBOARD used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OUTBOARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A motorboat with an outboard motor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

outboard; outboard motorboat

Hypernyms ("outboard" is a kind of...):

motorboat; powerboat (a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Internal-combustion engine that mounts at stern of small boat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

outboard; outboard motor

Hypernyms ("outboard" is a kind of...):

ICE; internal-combustion engine (a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine)

Meronyms (parts of "outboard"):

screw; screw propeller (a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air)

Derivation:

outboard (located away from the midline of a vessel or aircraft)

• OUTBOARD (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Located away from the midline of a vessel or aircraft

Context example:

outboard rigging

Similar:

portable (of a motor designed to be attached to the outside of a boat's hull)

Antonym:

inboard (located within the hull or nearest the midline of a vessel or aircraft)

Derivation:

outboard (internal-combustion engine that mounts at stern of small boat)