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OAR

3 pts

/ɔː/

Extended Definitions

noun

  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 .
  2. An oarsman; a rower.
  3. An oar-like swimming organ of various invertebrates.

verb

  1. To row; to travel with, or as if with, oars.

noun

Valid CSW (UK) Scrabble Word

Dictionary Definition

pole with a broad blade, used for rowing a boat

Letter Values

O1
A1
R1
= 3