inboard

[in-bawrd, -bohrd]

in·board

[in-bawrd, -bohrd]
adjective
1.
located nearer the longitudinal axis or center, as of an airplane: the inboard section of a wing.
2.
located inside a hull or aircraft: a motorboat with an inboard engine.
3.
(of a motorboat) having the motor inboard.
adverb
4.
inside or toward the longitudinal axis or center of a hull, aircraft, machine, etc. Compare outboard (def. 4).

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Inboard is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
noun
5.
an inboard motor.
6.
a boat equipped with an inboard motor.

Origin:
1840–50; orig. phrase in board
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inboard (ˈɪnˌbɔːd)
 
adj
1.  Compare outboard (esp of a boat's motor or engine) situated within the hull
2.  situated between the wing tip of an aircraft and its fuselage: an inboard engine
 
adv
3.  towards the centre line of or within a vessel, aircraft, etc

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