The afternoon sun was getting low as the Rat sculled gently homewards in a dreamy mood, murmuring poetry-things over to himself, and not paying much attention to Mole.
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Scull
//skʌl//
Synonyms for "scull" (54 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (16)
Related words (27)
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17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Translations
39 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- рул noun (single oar mounted at the stern of a boat)
- скиф noun (small boat)
- скул noun (racing boat)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 㯭 noun (single oar mounted at the stern of a boat)
- 槳 /桨 noun (single oar mounted at the stern of a boat)
- 樐 noun (single oar mounted at the stern of a boat)
- 櫓 /橹 noun (single oar mounted at the stern of a boat)
Dutch
1 entries- skiff noun (small boat)
Finnish
4 entries- airo noun (one of a pair of oars)
- jolla noun (small boat)
- kilpasoutuvene noun (racing boat)
- mela noun (single oar mounted at the stern of a boat)
French
1 entries- skiff noun (small boat)
German
4 entries- Skiff noun (small boat)
- Skull noun (one of a pair of oars)
- rudern verb (to propel a boat with a scull or sculls)
- skullen verb (to propel a boat with a scull or sculls)
Hebrew
1 entries- שׁוֹטֵטָה noun (one of a pair of oars)
Māori
1 entries- kōue verb (to propel a boat with a scull or sculls)
Norwegian
1 entries- singelsculler noun (small boat)
Russian
2 entries- кано́э noun (small boat)
- па́рная ло́дка noun (racing boat)
Slovene
1 entries- enojec noun (small boat)
Spanish
2 entries- yoleta noun (small boat)
- singar verb (to propel a boat with a scull or sculls)
Swedish
3 entries- singelsculler noun (small boat)
- åra noun (single oar mounted at the stern of a boat)
- åra noun (one of a pair of oars)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
The sculls were so tender, that they generally fell to pieces on being touched. The other bones were stronger. There were some teeth which were judged to be smaller than those of an adult; a scull which on a slight view, appeared to be that of an infant, […]
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The scull is a head piece, without visor or bever, resembling a bowl or bason, such as was worn by our cavalry, within twenty or thirty years.
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2005, Jane Egginton, Working and Living Australia, The Sunday Times, Cadogan Guides, UK, page 59, In 1954, Bob Hawke made the Guinness Book of Records for sculling 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds.
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