Meaning

2 senses
  1. A fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish.

    Trawler

    тра́улерtráuler

    a fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish

  2. A fisherman who uses a trawl net.

    a fisherman who use a trawl net

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Fishing trawlers have fished out all the local waters.

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  2. Nephrops trawlers and scallop dredgers were allowed to continue using the area.

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  3. Trawler is a sort of fishing boat, right?

    deEin Trawler ist ein Art von Fischereischiff, oder?

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  4. Trawler nets are one possible cause for the demise of the marine mammals.

    deSchleppnetze sind eine mögliche Ursache für den Rückgang von Meeressäugern.

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Translations

7 languages
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Origin

From trawl + -er.

From trawl + -er.

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Forms

plural: trawlers
Singulartrawler
Pluraltrawlers

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish:dragger

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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