Clues for the word "KEEL"
We've had 165 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 462 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on March 13, 2026.
Definition of keel
- v. t. & i. - To cool; to skim or stir.
- n. - A brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat.
- n. - A longitudinal timber, or series of timbers scarfed together, extending from stem to stern along the bottom of a vessel. It is the principal timber of the vessel, and, by means of the ribs attached on each side, supports the vessel's frame. In an iron vessel, a combination of plates supplies the place of the keel of a wooden ship. See Illust. of Keelson.
- n. - Fig.: The whole ship.
- n. - A barge or lighter, used on the Type for carrying coal from Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twenty-one tons, four cwt.
- n. - The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and inclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina. See Carina.
- n. - A projecting ridge along the middle of a flat or curved surface.
- v. i. - To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
- v. i. - To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.
Referring Clues
- Ship's central beam
- Ship's spine
- Longitudinal boat timber
- Fall (over)
- Nautical centerpiece
- Boat's backbone
- Hull projection
- The constellation Carina
- It goes from stem to stern
- Hull part
- Ship's backbone
- Frigate part
- Stem-to-stern item
- Ship part
- Ship, to a poet
- It runs from stem to stern
- Part of a hull
- Nautical stabilizer
- It should be even
- F-G
- Stem-to-stern strip
- Part of a ship's backbone
- Stem-to-stern timber
- Schooner section
- Bottom of the boat
- Boat bottom
- Faint, with "over"
- On an even ___
- "Dallas" actor Howard
- Ship stabilizer
- He sang with Grayson
- Ship, figuratively speaking
- Bow-to-stern structure
- Stem-to-stern stabilizer
- Topple (over)
- Nautical bottom
- Hull attachment
- Nautical spine
- Stabilizing part
- Boat stabilizer
- Skiff stabilizer
- Faint, with "over"
- Upset, with "over"
- On an even ___ (steady)
- Dry-dock sight
- ___ over (capsize)
- Stem-to-stern part
- Hull backbone
- Schooner's spine
- Hull's part
- Keeping an even one is recommended
- Hull beam
- Boat balancer
- Boat beam
- Capsize, with "over"
- On an even ___ (stable)
- Backbone of a ship
- Boat-bottom part
- Boat's spine
- Structural support for a ship
- Boat backbone
- Stabilizing structure
- Sailing stabilizer
- Nautical beam
- Howard of movie musicals
- Upset, with "over"
- On an even ___ (steady)
- ___ over (capsize)
- Hull feature
- Boat part
- Ship feature
- Central beam of a ship
- Central beam of the ship
- Naval backbone?
- Craft stabilizer
- Balance beam?
- Carina
- Boat's bottom
- Howard of musicals
- ___ over (faint)
- Ship's structural part
- Main part of a ship's structure
- Bottom of the ocean?
- Part of a ship
- Bow attachment
- Start for a shipbuilder
- Beam from one end to the other
- Ship bottom
- ___ over (collapse)
- Bottom of the sea?
- Barkentine backbone
- Ship's bottom
- Coal barge
- Barnacle site, perhaps
- Shipbuilder's starting point
- Bottom of a ship's hull
- Boat base
- What a ship's ribs are connected to
- Actor-singer whose real name was Leek
- What's even on a ship?
- over (faint)
- Part of a ship's hull
- Something a scow lacks
- Underwater projection
- Chief structural member of a boat
- Something often described as "even"
- Capsize (with "over")
- Ocean bottom?
- Bow-to-stern beam
- ___ over (topple)
- Lay the ___ (start a ship's construction)
- Place for barnacles
- Boat's balance
- Spine of a ship
- Stem-to-stern support
- Underwater stabilizer
- Collapse, with "over"
- Part of a yacht
- "Bounty" bottom
- Part of a boat
- River in Hesse
- Bottom of a boat
- Bow-stern connection
- Main longitudinal beam of a vessel's the hull
- No pressure to maintain large part of boat
- Structural member of a ship
- Strut along base of ship
- Ship's basic longitudinal structure
- Vegetable raised in naval base, as it were
- Ship part represented by the constellation Carina
- Collapse, ___ over
- Kingfisher ditching Queen's boat?
- King (early English) and partner turn turtle
- Capsize, ___ over
- Stabilizing structure on a ship
- Stem-to-stern structure
- Vegetable brought back in bottom of boat
- On an even ___ (serene)
- Bottom of the sea?
- Ship's feature
- On the level, it's even
- Sailboat's stabilizer
- Stem-to-stern piece
- ___ over
- Balance beam?
- Stabilizing ship part
- Backbone of a boat
- On an even ___ (balanced)
- With 37-Down, faint dead away
- Ridge on a hull
- Structure on a ship's bottom
- Bottom of a ship
- It's below belowdecks
- Capsize
- Ship's underside
- Stem-to-stern boat beam
- Barnacle spot
- Boat's central structure
- Tip (over)
- Barge
- Keep on an even ___
- With 14-Across, collapse
- Ship-hull feature
- Part of a ship that resembles a fin
- Schooner's stabilizer
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - March 13, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - March 09, 2026
- Your Life Choices - February 25, 2026
- Daily American - February 23, 2026
- New York Times - February 12, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - January 27, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 23, 2026
- Daily American - December 30, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 22, 2025
- Your Life Choices - December 13, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 30, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - November 17, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 16, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - November 03, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - October 28, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 09, 2025
- LA Times - October 06, 2025
- Daily American - October 04, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - September 26, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 24, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 11, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 08, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - July 13, 2025
- Daily American - July 08, 2025
- New York Times - June 28, 2025
- Your Life Choices - June 12, 2025
- Daily American - June 12, 2025
- New York Times - June 10, 2025
- LA Times - May 27, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 18, 2025
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