THWART

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NOUN
  • Definition - A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit.
  • Example - The fisherman sat on the aft thwart to row.
  • Synonyms - thaught thawt thoft
  • Definition - A brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam of a marine vessel against external water pressure and that may serve to support the rail.
  • Example - A well-made dugout canoe rarely needs a thwart.
  • Definition - An act of thwarting; something which thwarts; a hindrance, an obstacle.
  • Example - A well-made dugout canoe rarely needs a thwart.
VERB
  • Definition - To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent.
  • Example - Our plans for a picnic were thwarted by the thunderstorm.
  • Synonyms - balk foil spoil
  • Definition - To place (something) across (another thing); to position crosswise.
  • Example - Our plans for a picnic were thwarted by the thunderstorm.
  • Definition - To hinder or obstruct by placing (something) in the way of; to block, to impede, to oppose.
  • Example - Our plans for a picnic were thwarted by the thunderstorm.
  • Definition - To move (something) across or counter to; to cross.
  • Example - An arrow thwarts the air.
ADJECTIVE
  • Definition - Placed or situated across something else; cross, oblique, transverse.
  • Example - An arrow thwarts the air.
  • Definition - Of people: having a tendency to oppose; obstinate, perverse, stubborn.
  • Example - An arrow thwarts the air.
  • Synonyms - cross-grained froward
  • Definition - Of situations or things: adverse, unfavourable, unlucky.
  • Example - An arrow thwarts the air.
  • Synonyms - unpropitious untoward
ADVERB
  • Definition - Across the direction of travel or length of; athwart, crosswise, obliquely, transversely.
  • Example - An arrow thwarts the air.
PREPOSITION
  • Definition - Across, athwart.
  • Example - An arrow thwarts the air.
Words in your word
6 Letter Words
thwart 12
5 Letter Words
thraw 11 wrath 11
4 Letter Words
thaw 10 what 10 hart 7 rath 7 tahr 7 that 7 twat 7 wart 7 watt 7 tart 4
3 Letter Words
haw 9 wha 9 hat 6 rah 6 raw 6 taw 6 twa 6 war 6 wat 6 art 3 att 3 rat 3 tar 3 tat 3
2 Letter Words
ah 5 aw 5 ha 5 ar 2 at 2 ta 2
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