centerboard

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A form of centreboard — The adjustable keel on a small yacht or dinghy that acts, among other things, as ballast and to counteract the sideways force of the wind.

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Meanings

nouncenterboard (plural centerboards)

plural centerboards

  1. USalternativenauticalAlternative spelling of centreboard.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward

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centreboarddrop keelsliding keel
Broader
fin keel
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centreboardsliding keel

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From center + board.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

centerboard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centerboard

MLA

“centerboard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centerboard. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “centerboard,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centerboard.

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