Definitions for prow

prow prow

Spelling: [prou]
IPA: /praʊ/

Prow is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 24 anagrams from letters in prow (oprw).

Definitions for prow

noun

  1. the forepart of a ship or boat; bow.
  2. the front end of an airship.
  3. Literary. a ship.

adjective

  1. valiant.

Origin of prow

1545-55; Middle French proue Upper Italian (Genoese) prua Latin prōra Greek prôira

Examples for prow

Shandon and Johnson, standing on the prow, were contemplating the position.

It was not long before Pilgrim had the water "singing at her prow."

But there were reserves in the prow, and these were drawn upon to fill the empty places.

The anchor is cast from the prow; the sterns are grounded on the beach.

"It's not heavy and resembles the prow of a ship," Zanotti told The Daily Beast in an email.

It seemed as if something had gone awry with the prow of their ship.

As the prow drove forward down-stream, exultation entered into him.

They made her prow sharp so that she would cut the water easily.

Into the first of them she ran the boat until its prow touched the sandy bottom.

She looked at him as he stood with his hand on the prow of the boat.

Word Value for prow
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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