sweep oar

1. 1.

   a long oar used in an open boat

   Synonymssweep

   Broaderoar

Questions about sweep oar

What does sweep oar mean?

sweep oar means "a long oar used in an open boat".

What is another word for sweep oar?

Close synonyms include sweep. 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 sweep oar a common word?

sweep oar is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.