shallow-draught

1. 1.

   of vessels whose keel is not far below the waterline

   “a shallow-draft river boat”

   Synonymsshallow-draft

Questions about shallow-draught

What does shallow-draught mean?

shallow-draught means "of vessels whose keel is not far below the waterline".

How many syllables are in shallow-draught?

shallow-draught has 3 syllables: shal-low--draught. The stress falls on "shal".

What is another word for shallow-draught?

Close synonyms include shallow-draft. 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 shallow-draught a common word?

shallow-draught 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.