hoy

noun

Definition of hoynext
as in keel

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  1. keel
  2. barge
  3. cutter
  4. yawl
  5. tender
  6. tug
  7. lighter
  8. lifeboat
Noun
  • Additionally, doors and hatches should have been closed, and the keel should have been lowered to increase stability, among other safety measures, Costantino declared.
    Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 5 Sep. 2024
  • An endangered female basking shark was near the surface of the water off the coast of Ireland in April when the keel of a boat cut across her back.
    Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 26 July 2024
Definition of keel
Noun
  • His friend, David, furiously began digging the pumpkin out, but the pair soon discovered that the beach had been used to moor barges, and there were large industrial cables underneath the ground.
    Owen Clarke, Outside Online, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The new series follows Billie (Janice LeAnn Brown), a strong young wizard— who with the help of Alex— barges in Justin’s mundane life with his two boys, Roman (Alkaio Thiele) and Milo (Max Matenko), and his wife Giada (Mimi Gianopulos).
    Stephanie Andrade, StyleCaster, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of barge
Noun
  • Cord cutters can watch the match on any live TV streaming service that carries CBS, including DirecTV Stream, Fubo or Hulu + Live TV.
    Rudie Obias, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Rotary cutter: on sale for $14.94 Original price: $20.99 When cutting straight lines, a pair of scissors doesn’t always do the trick.
    Christopher Murray, Fox News, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of cutter
Noun
  • Prior to the incident, Wilson had been aboard a 52-foot yawl named the Emerald with friends Oster and Colleen McGovern.
    Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 24 May 2024
  • The crew had no time to gather their possessions or weather gear before boarding their small yawl boat, and the ship sank so quickly that a Newfoundland that served as her mascot was unable to escape.
    Christopher Clough, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
Definition of yawl
Noun
  • The teenager has the technical ability to reach the elite level of the sport and plays with the sort of authority that is uncommon for someone of his tender age.
    Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
  • There is an art to creating incredibly crispy sprouts with tender centers, and this recipe will walk you through how to get there.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2024
Definition of tender
Noun
  • That's because of the constant tug of gravity between the moon, Earth and sun.
    John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Chen’s quiet resilience, alongside Wang’s emotional fervor, perfectly encapsulates the tug of war between parental expectations and adolescent rebellion.
    Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of tug
Noun
  • Many would have seen the sad sea turtle with a straw embedded deep into its nostril, or the albatross chicks having been fed bottle caps and cigarette lighters by their unknowing parents.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2024
  • In Aslan’s bedroom, his father, Nidal, pointed to items laid out neatly on his son’s bunk bed — a baseball cap, cigarette lighters, a piece of clothing blotted with blood.
    Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 7 Sep. 2024
Definition of lighter
Noun
  • Over the next 308 days, the men faced starvation and frostbite as Shackleton recruited five crew members to make the treacherous journey in a lifeboat to seek help on the South Atlantic island of South Georgia.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
  • But their stint in orbit was extended so that their Dragon spacecraft could serve as an emergency lifeboat for two astronauts who flew to space aboard Boeing's Starliner capsule.
    Denise Chow, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of lifeboat
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