The Meaning of keel

• (v. t. & i.) To cool; to skim or stir.
• (n.) A brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat.
• (n.) 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. See Illust. of Keelson.
• (n.) Fig.: The whole ship.
• (n.) A barge or lighter, used on the Type for carrying coal from Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twenty-one tons, four cwt.
• (n.) The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and inclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina. See Carina.
• (n.) A projecting ridge along the middle of a flat or curved surface.
• (v. i.) To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
• (v. i.) To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.

Synonyms

stagger , pitch , spin around , careen , gyrate , spin , droop , swag , tilt , shift , skunk , wobble , whirl , distribute , lurch , flag , prowl , sag , flounder , reel , walk

Homophones

keal , keele , kiehl , kiel

Rhymes

abele , adriel , anneal , appeal , audiophile , automobile , averill , azbill , beal , beale , beall , becerril , beel , beil , biehl , biel , bleil , bookmobile , brasil , brazeal , braziel , briel , camille , cartwheel , cecile , cele , chmiel , conceal , congeal , corneal , corniel , cornmeal , creel , deahl , deal , deale , deel , diehl , diel , eel , emil , emile , enrile , ezekiel , feel , feil , ferrill , flywheel , freel , friel , genteel , giel , gilles , glockenspiel , havill , heal , heel , ideal , ifil , ifill , immobile , jabril , jarriel , keal , keele , kiehl , kiel , kneale , kneel , leal , lille , lucille , maciel , macneal , macneil , macneill , madill , mcdeal , mcgreal , mcneel , mcneil , mcneill , mcniel , mczeal , meal , meehl , mele , mendivil , menil , miele , morrill , neal , neall , neel , neil , neile , neill , nevil , newsreel , niel , oatmeal , oldsmobile , oneal , oneil , oneill , ordeal , peal , peale , peel , peele , piecemeal , piel , pierceall , pospisil , puerile , real , reel , repeal , reseal , reveal , riehl , riel , savill , scheel , scheele , schiel , seal , seale , seel , shaquille , shiel , skeel , smeal , snowmobile , spiel , squeal , steal , steel , steele , steil , stele , stiehl , surreal , tarheel , teal , teale , teall , teel , teele , theall , theel , treadwheel , unreal , unseal , vandriel , vanheel , vantil , vasil , veal , veale , verrill , viel , viele , villamil , villarreal , weil , wheel , zavadil , zeal , zele