paravane

Meaning of paravane

noun

a device towed behind a boat at a depth regulated by its vanes or planes, so that the cable to which it is attached can cut the moorings of submerged mines.

early 20th century: from para-2 ‘protecting’ + vane.

Information about paravane

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of paravane is: paravanes.
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Hyphenation of paravane

par-a-vane

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
  • paravane is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Words that rhyme with paravane

Vane, vane, Navane, hexahydroxyflavane, pavane, epoxycevane, litseachromolaevane, dogvane, bivane, lysivane, multivane, propivane, spirovetivane, Mulvane, Imovane, hydrovane, weathervane

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