carvel-built

1. 1.

   (of ships) built with flush (rather than overlapping) hull planks

   Antonymsclinker-built

   Similarflush-seamed

   ship

Questions about carvel-built

What does carvel-built mean?

carvel-built means "(of ships) built with flush (rather than overlapping) hull planks".

How many syllables are in carvel-built?

carvel-built has 4 syllables and divides as car-vel--bu-ilt under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is the opposite of carvel-built?

The recorded antonyms are clinker-built.