OUTBOARD MOTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does outboard motor mean? 

• OUTBOARD MOTOR (noun)
  The noun OUTBOARD MOTOR has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: OUTBOARD MOTOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OUTBOARD MOTOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Internal-combustion engine that mounts at stern of small boat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

outboard; outboard motor

Hypernyms ("outboard motor" 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 motor"):

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