Synonyms for oar
- noun
Definitions
- n. 1
A type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, and pivoted in a rowlock atop the gunwale, whereby a rower seated in the boat and pulling the handle can pass the blade through the water by repeated strokes against the water's resistance, thus moving the boat.
Related words
- Word family
- oarfish oarless oarlike oarlock oarweed
- Phrases
- pull an oar pull one's oar
Forms
- Plural
- oars → paddles, sculls, rows…
Example sentences
- paddle Tom can't remember which ping-pong paddle is his.
By length
- 3 letters
- row1
- 5 letters
- scull1
- 6 letters
- paddle2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (paddle2 = 2 syllables).