prore

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noun

The front part of a ship.

Similar
bowstemforestemprow
Opposite
sternaftpoop
OriginLatin prora →
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Meanings

nounprore (plural prores)

plural prores

  1. obsoletepoeticThe front part of a ship.

    As the tall ship, whose lofty prore / Shall never stem the billows more […]!

    1810, The Lady of the Lake, Walter Scott, 6.XIII
    1 more example

    These in twelve galleys with vermilion prores Beneath his conduct sought the Phrygian shores..

    1715, Homer, “Book II”, in Alexander Pope, transl., The Iliad of Homer, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC

    Synonyms: bow, stem, forestem, prow · Antonyms: stern, aft, poop

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe front part of a ship.

Similar
bowstemforestemprow
Opposite
sternaftpoop
Also see
bowforeforestemprowstem

Origin

  1. Latinprora“prow”
  2. Englishprore

From Latin prora (“prow”). Doublet of prow.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

roperreproPerroporer
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APA

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MLA

“prore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prore. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prore,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prore.

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