Forecastle

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  • noun. The section of the upper deck of a ship located at the bow forward of the foremast.
  • noun. A superstructure at the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Nautical: That part of the spar-deck which lies forward of the fore rigging.
  • noun. A section of a merchant vessel where the seamen live, either a house on deck or a place below the spar-deck in the eyes of the ship.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A short upper deck forward, formerly raised like a castle, to command an enemy's decks.
  • noun. That part of the upper deck of a vessel forward of the foremast, or of the after part of the fore channels.
  • noun. In merchant vessels, the forward part of the vessel, under the deck, where the sailors live.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A raised part of the upper deck at the front of a ship.
  • noun. Crew's quarters located at the forward part of a ship.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed
    • Word Usage
    "But I will say, contrary to my expectations, the Elsinore's forecastle is well found."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    living quarters  quarters  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    aftcastle  binnacle  cockpit  fo'c'sle  foremast  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bowl  
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