OAR

3 letters 3 Scrabble points /ɔː/

Definition of OAR

noun

  1. A type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, and pivoted in a rowlock atop the gunwale, whereby a rower seated in the boat and pulling the handle can pass the blade through the water by repeated strokes against the water's resistance, thus moving the boat .

  2. An oarsman; a rower.

    "He is a good oar."

  3. An oar-like swimming organ of various invertebrates.

Related words: paddle
verb

  1. To row; to travel with, or as if with, oars.

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters O A R
Length 3 letters
Scrabble Score 3 points

Anagrams of OAR

Words that use the same letters:

AOR ARO ORA RAO ROA

Words Containing "OAR"

ABOARD ABOARDAGE ABOVEBOARD ACETOARSENITE ACROARTHRITIS AFTEROAR AMBATOARINITE AROAR ARTERIOARCTIA ASHIPBOARD ASTARBOARD BACKBOARD BACKBOARDS BAKEBOARD BANGBOARD BARGEBOARD BASEBOARD BASEBOARDS BEAVERBOARD BEDBOARD

Words Starting with "OAR"

OARAGE OARCOCK OARED OARFISH OARFISHES OARHOLE OARY OARIAL OARIALGIA OARIC OARING OARIOCELE OARIOPATHY OARIOPATHIC OARIOTOMY OARITIC OARITIS OARIUM OARK OARLESS

Words Ending with "OAR"

AFTEROAR AROAR BEZOAR BOAR GOAR HOAR JENOAR LOAR OUTROAR OUTSOAR OVERSOAR PHYTOBEZOAR ROAR SOAR TRELOAR TRICHOBEZOAR UPROAR UPSOAR VOAR WEREBOAR