Keel



noun
1.
(The chef tinnier or steel piece, on which the rest of the frame is built, anything looking like a ships keel as on an air plane, airship, etc. -on an even keel on a balanced or constant state) មេបាតនាវា, កំណល់នាវាពេលឡើងអ៊ូ, គឺយ (ឈើមូលវែងដាក់ ដោយកូនគោល)
Example: The canoe over and we swam to shore.
  • bilge keel
    - មេបាតនាវា
  • keel over
    - ក្រឡាប់, ដួល, ជំហឬលំនឹង
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
A brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat.
2.
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.
3.
(FIGURATIVE) The whole ship.
4.
A barge or lighter, used on the Type for carrying coal from Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twenty-one tons, four cwt.
5.
The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and inclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina.
6.
A projecting ridge along the middle of a flat or curved surface.
7.
In a dirigible, a construction similar in form and use to a ship's keel; in an aeroplane, a fin or fixed surface employed to increase stability and to hold the machine to its course.
verb
1.
(INTRANSITIVE) To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
2.
(INTRANSITIVE) To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.
1.
To cool, to skim or stir