trawler

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noun

A fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish.

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Meanings

nountrawler (plural trawlers)

plural trawlers

  1. A fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish.
  2. A fisherman who uses a trawl net.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish

Similar
dragger
Broader
fishing boatfishing smackfishing vessel
Also see
dragger

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From trawl + -er.

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Translations

Bulgarian траулер
  • траулер (trauler)fishing boat
Chinese Mandarin 拖網漁船 /拖网渔船
  • 拖網漁船 /拖网渔船 (tuōwǎng yúchuán)fishing boat
Czech trawler
  • trawlerfishing boat
Danish trawler
  • trawlerfishing boat
Dutch trawler
  • trawlerfishing boat
Finnish troolari
  • troolarifishing boat
French chalutier
  • chalutierfishing boat
German Trawler
  • Trawlerfishing boat
Greek τράτα
  • τράτα (tráta)fishing boat
Icelandic togari
  • togarifishing boat
Italian peschereccio, battello
  • pescherecciofishing boat
  • battellofishing boat
Japanese トロール船, トロール漁船
  • トロール船 (torōru fune)fishing boat
  • トロール漁船 (torōru gyosen)fishing boat
Norwegian Bokmål tråler
  • trålerfishing boat
Polish trawler
  • trawlerfishing boat
Portuguese arrastão
  • arrastãofishing boat
Romanian trauler
  • traulerfishing boat
Russian тра́улер
  • тра́улер (tráuler)fishing boat
Scottish Gaelic tràlair
  • tràlairfishing boat
Spanish jábega, arrastrero
  • jábegafishing boat
  • arrastrerofishing boat
  • barco de arrastrefishing boat
Swedish trålare
  • trålarefishing boat
Tagalog bapor na pamalakaya
  • bapor na pamalakayafishing boat
Welsh treillong
  • treillongfishing boat

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with trawler

callerwallercrawlerbrawlersqualler
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Cite this entry
APA

trawler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trawler

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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