thwarts

Meaning of thwarts

noun
  1. A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit.
    The fisherman sat on the aft thwart to row.
  2. A brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam of a marine vessel against external water pressure and that may serve to support the rail.
    A well-made dugout canoe rarely needs a thwart.
  3. An act of thwarting; something which thwarts; a hindrance, an obstacle.
verb
  1. To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent.
    Our plans for a picnic were thwarted by the thunderstorm.
  2. To place (something) across (another thing); to position crosswise.
  3. To hinder or obstruct by placing (something) in the way of; to block, to impede, to oppose.
  4. To move (something) across or counter to; to cross.
    An arrow thwarts the air.

Information about thwarts

  • The singular form of thwarts is: thwart.
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Hyphenation of thwarts

thwarts

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
  • thwarts is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

thwarts synonyms

Meaning :

thaught, thoft, balk, foil, spoil

thwarts antonyms

Meaning :

promote

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