ground tackle

Questions about ground tackle

What is another word for ground tackle?

It depends which ground tackle you mean. In the sense “a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving”, the synonyms are anchor. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of ground tackle?

WordNet records no antonym for ground tackle. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for ground tackle come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of ground tackle

• Full entry for ground tackleAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for ground tackleWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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