Clues for the word "KEEL"
We've had 163 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 432 times in crosswords. It was last seen in King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer crossword on April 15, 2025.
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
Last Seen In
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 15, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 05, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 07, 2025
- Daily American - March 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 25, 2025
- Your Life Choices - February 22, 2025
- USA Today - February 11, 2025
- Your Life Choices - February 03, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 30, 2025
- New York Times - January 15, 2025
- Mirror Daily - January 12, 2025
- New York Times - January 04, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - December 27, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 18, 2024
- New York Times - December 09, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 14, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 06, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - October 12, 2024
- Daily American - October 09, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 25, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 23, 2024
- Daily American - August 09, 2024
- Mirror Daily - August 07, 2024
- LA Times - July 30, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - July 16, 2024
- Mirror Daily - July 15, 2024
- Your Life Choices - July 07, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - May 25, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - May 11, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - May 10, 2024
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