Meaning

3 senses
  1. The forward curve of the stem of a ship.

    водоре́зvodoréz

  2. The wedge of a bridge pier, that resists the flow of water and ice.

    ледоре́зledoréz

  3. A black skimmer; a sea bird of the species Rynchops niger, that flies low over the sea, "cutting" the water surface with its lower mandible to catch small fish.

    ножеклю́вnožekljúv

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
edge of a ship's stem:
wedge of a bridge-pier:
bird:

Origin

From cut + water.

From cut + water.

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Forms

plural: cutwaters
Singularcutwater
Pluralcutwaters

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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