Definitions for outboard

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outboard out·board

Spelling: [out-bawrd, -bohrd]

IPA: /ˈaʊtˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd/

Outboard is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 240 anagrams from letters in outboard (abdoortu).

Definitions for outboard

noun

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

adverb

1. outside or away from the center of a hull, aircraft, machine, etc.: Compare inboard.

adjective

1. located on the exterior of a hull or aircraft.
2. located farther from the center, as of an aircraft:
3. (of a motorboat) having an outboard motor.

Origin of outboard

First recorded in 1815-25; out- + board

Examples for outboard

Terry went with him to get the outboard motorboat he and Deirdre had used before.

Standing on the end of the spar, he was outboard; the frothing sea was under him.

Doug inspected the catch as the outboard went back to the yacht.

We picked up a shell which went off inside our outboard engine.

Terry had the outboard in the water by the time Davis arrived.

The outboard mooring-lines were now tight as standing rigging.

He could use the two fish spears that were standard equipment for the outboard.

The outboard stayed where it was, and swells tossed it haphazardly.

Men began to cut the covers off the boats, and to swing some of them outboard.

But even with an outboard, they probably wouldn't have come this far.