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Meaning of Oar | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ɔː

Definitions

  1. A type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, and pivoted in a rowlock atop the gunwale, whereby a rower seated in the boat and pulling the handle can pass the blade through the water by repeated strokes against the water's resistance, thus moving the boat.
  2. Initialism of original aspect ratio.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. An oarsman; a rower.
  4. An oar-like swimming organ of various invertebrates.

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca avar kürək
Беларуская вясло
Български весло гребло
বাংলা বৈঠা মাঝি
Bosanski ar lopate rame veslo voće весло
Català rem
Čeština pádlo veslo
Cymraeg rhwyf
Dansk åre
Deutsch Riemen Ruder
Ελληνικά κουπί
Esperanto remilo
Español remo
Eesti aer
Euskara arraun
Suomi airo soutaja
Vosa Vakaviti voce
Français aviron OAR rame
Gaeilge rámh
Gàidhlig ràmh
Galego remo
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi hoe
עברית משוט
Hrvatski ar lopate rame veslo voće весло
Magyar evező
Հայերեն թի թիակ
Bahasa Indonesia dayung kayuh
Íslenska ár
Italiano Remo
日本語 オール
ქართული ნიჩაბი ხოფი
Қазақша ескек
ខ្មែរ ច្រវា
한국어
Kurdî ar ara are are
Кыргызча калак
Latina remus
Latviešu airis
Te Reo Māori hoe
Македонски весло
Монгол сэлүүр
Bahasa Melayu dayung
Malti moqdief
မြန်မာဘာသာ တက်
Nederlands riem roeiriem
Polski wiosło
Português remo
Română râmă vâslă
Русский весло
Српски ar lopate rame veslo voće весло
Svenska ara
தமிழ் துடுப்பு
తెలుగు తెడ్డు
Тоҷикӣ бел
Tagalog gaod sagwan
Türkçe kürek
Українська весло опачина
Tiếng Việt cheo

Examples

“The oar snaps in his hand Before he reaches dry land But the sound doesn't deafen his smile Just pokes at wet sand With an oar in his hand Floats off down the river Nile Floats off down the river Nile...”
“He is a good oar.”
“HD HBO is generally not as good as Showtime HD. Showtime is leaving movies in the OAR (16X9), while HBO insists on butchering the movies to pan and scan. In addition, Showtime is broadcasting in 5.1 Dolby Digital surround...sounds amazing.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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