boat paddle

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   a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat

   Synonymspaddle

   Broaderoar

Questions about boat paddle

What does boat paddle mean?

boat paddle means "a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat".

What is another word for boat paddle?

Close synonyms include paddle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is boat paddle a common word?

boat paddle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.