Definitions for inboards

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inboards in·board

Spelling: [in-bawrd, -bohrd]

IPA: /ˈɪnˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd/

Inboards is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 492 anagrams from letters in inboards (abdinors).

Definitions for inboards

noun

1. an inboard motor.
2. a boat equipped with an inboard motor.

adverb

1. inside or toward the longitudinal axis or center of a hull, aircraft, machine, etc. Compare outboard (def 4).

adjective

1. located nearer the longitudinal axis or center, as of an airplane:
2. located inside a hull or aircraft:
3. (of a motorboat) having the motor inboard.

Origin of inboards

First recorded in 1840-50; orig. phrase in board

Examples for inboards

Not a boat in davits; the whole fleet docked, inboard, on skids!

"She is safe; draw us inboard," he shouted, buffeting the waves with one arm, the other encircling her with a firm grasp.

It was a lot worse when the boys reached me in the boat an hauled me inboard.

If you only get the right sort, it is good for everything, inboard and outboard.

At last Lambert got his friend on the edge, and tumbled him inboard.

With great exertions, however, the spars and sails were saved, and got inboard.

On the inboard side of this passage six non-watertight doors opened on to as many iron ladders leading down to the boiler-rooms.

Around and around they flew, all inboard guns trained on the enemy.

The deck details shown are the results of reconstruction of the inboard works.

At any moment the Captain might give the order to bring it inboard.