Associations to the word «Straked»
Noun
- Jesuit
- Keel
- Armour
- Fuselage
- Plank
- Bulkhead
- Rubbing
- Armor
- Vortex
- Ellsworth
- Thickness
- Thick
- Belt
- Hull
- Houston
- Fin
- Deck
- Agnes
- Divine
- Inch
- Upper
- Turret
- Hobby
- Butt
- Nail
- Stern
- Stability
- Spear
- Boat
- Stem
- Lift
- Forward
- Timber
- Stroke
- Angle
- Rear
- Rib
- Wing
- Shell
- Frame
- Bottom
- Wheel
- Rover
- Vessel
- Ship
- Side
- Plate
- Outside
- Nose
- Jr
- Gear
- Mm
- Extension
- Sword
- Copper
- Surface
- Republican
- Length
- Fig
- College
- Texas
- Top
Adjective
Wiktionary
STRAKE, noun. (obsolete) An iron fitting of a medieval cart wheel.
STRAKE, noun. (aviation) A type of aerodynamic surface mounted on an aircraft fuselage to fine-tune the airflow.
STRAKE, noun. (nautical) (archaic) A continuous line of plates or planks running from bow to stern that contributes to a vessel's skin. (FM 55-501).
STRAKE, noun. (engineering) A shaped piece of wood used to level a bed or contour the shape of a mould, as for a bell
STRAKE, noun. A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder.
STRAKE, noun. (obsolete) A streak.
STRAKE, verb. (obsolete) To stretch.
STRAKE, verb. (obsolete) simple past tense of strike
Dictionary definition
STRAKE, noun. Thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship.
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.