oar
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- pronunciation:
- or
- features:
- Homophone Note, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
An oar is something that people use to make a boat move or turn in the water. It is a long piece of wood or metal that is wide and flat at one end. An oar is often attached to its boat, but it can move in and out of the water. Boats that use oars usually have two of them.
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When my brother and I rode in a boat down the nearby river, we each had an oar to help steer the boat. It was a lot harder to do than we thought.
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| derivations: |
oarless (adj.), oarlike (adj.) |
The words
oar,
or, and
ore sound alike but have different meanings.