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overboard

/ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌbɔː(ɹ)d/

adjective

What it means

  1. not comparablenauticalOutside of a boat; in the water.

In a sentence

It was their practice to throw the scraps overboard.

Where it comes from

  1. Middle Englishoverbord
  2. Englishoverboard

From Middle English overbord, overborde, equivalent to over- + board.

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