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prow
1[ prou ]
noun
- the forepart of a ship or boat; bow.
- the front end of an airship.
- Literary. a ship.
prow
2[ prou ]
adjective
prow
/ praʊ /
noun
- the bow of a vessel
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- prowed adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
"It's not heavy and resembles the prow of a ship," Zanotti told The Daily Beast in an email.
Bent on revenge, he turned his boat's prow and swiftly sped towards the craft of the assassin.
There was a candle lit & was incense carried forward & thereafter was ye Holy Rood set at the prow.
The Kings war-host towards land doth lean with its prow beams.
He will be interested, too, in the long war canoe with its carved prow, one of the few now remaining in New Zealand.
Iprúwa pagbutang ang mga karga, Put the cargoes at the prow.
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