At one moment the bowsprit was taking a deadly aim at the sun in midheaven, and at the next it was trying to harpoon a shark in the bottom of the ocean.
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Bowsprit
/ˈbəʊspɹɪt/
Synonyms for "bowsprit" (10 found)
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More general
2 entriesship partspar
More specific
2 entriesjib bowspritspritsail bowsprit
Collocations
5 entriesbowsprit endbowsprit fittingbowsprit headlong bowspritspritsail bowsprit
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2 total sentences available.
There lay the Ghost, bow on to the beach, her splintered bowsprit projecting over the sand, her tangled spars rubbing against her side to the lift of the crooning waves. Something must be done, must be done.
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