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Synonyms for camel

Most common

sea camel pontoon caisson giraffe dromedary

All synonyms

Noun

1. Sea camel — A vessel or tank, typically paired, used to make an object more buoyant

sea camel, caisson, pontoon

Other

dromedary, giraffe, oont informal UK AU IN

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A vessel or tank, typically paired, used to make an object more buoyant.

Forms

Plural
camels → caissons, pontoons, dromedaries, giraffes…

Example sentences

  • pontoon The children jumped off the pontoon into the lake.
  • giraffe I had never seen a giraffe till I visited the zoo.
  • dromedary A dromedary has one hump, but a bactrian camel has two humps.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
camelrising
pontoonsteady
caissonfalling
girafferising
dromedarysteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
oont
7 letters
giraffe2, pontoon2, caisson2
9 letters
dromedary4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (giraffe2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
chameau
Deutsch
Kamel