Keel vs Hill - What's the difference?
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(nautical) A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.
(nautical) Sometimes, a rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull of a ship to give it greater control and stability.
(nautical) A type of flat-bottomed boat.
A material similar to chalk or crayon used to mark pavement.
(zoology) The periphery of a whorl extended to form a more or less flattened plate; a prominent spiral ridge.
(botany) The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and enclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina.
A brewer's cooling vat.
to collapse, to fall
To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.
An elevated location smaller than a mountain.
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*:So this was my future home, I thought!Backed by towering hills , the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
A sloping road.
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(label) A heap of earth surrounding a plant.
(label) A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them.
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(label) The pitcher’s mound.
To form into a heap or mound.
To heap or draw earth around plants.
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1000 English basic words
As a noun keel
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English
(wikipedia keel)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* even keel * keelhaul * keel overVerb
(en verb)- He keeled over after having a stroke.