whaler
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6.1
- noun
- /ˈweɪlər/
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- Tell them they're looking for a 20-foot Boston Whaler, solo female driver, and a center console.
- Boston whalers
- foot Whaler
Examples
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From 1928 to 1933, the number of oil barrels produced per whaler in the Antarctic quadrupled.
Academic text (1994) -
He took me on a French whaler when I was ten years old.
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When I get back, I'm shipping out on the first whaler that will take me.
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Each yard had a slip, and at this house, a Boston Whaler was tied up.
Fiction book (2002) -
Well, I got an old whaler with an old 70-horsepower engine.
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A small boat was waiting, and it took them to a larger boat, a whaler sent all the way from America by the American Fenians, because it was your duty to take care of your own.
Fiction book (2000) -
You get there on Boston whalers that blast through high seas, slamming up and down until just about everyone is retching.
Academic text (2002) -
I had relied a little on Queequeg's sagacity to point out the whaler best fitted to carry us and our fortunes securely.
Blog text (25) -
Most of the artisanal fleet consists of 7-9 m "whalers," 5-7 m outboards, 9-12 m schooners, and pirogues.
Academic text (1990) -
The crew of the whaler set out early in the morning to catch their first whale of the season.
Synonyms
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A ship that hunts whales and processes them at sea
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word whaler also names a ship used for catching whales and comes from the same parts, whale + -er, meaning 'thing that' or 'one who'. So a whaler as a ship is simply a boat whose job is to catch whales, just like a fishing boat catches fish.