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Wale

/ˈweɪl/

A ridge or low barrier.

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📖 Definitions of "Wale"

noun

1
A ridge or low barrier.
2
A raised rib in knit goods or fabric, especially corduroy. (As opposed to course).
3
The texture of a piece of fabric.
4
A horizontal ridge or ledge on the outside planking of a wooden ship. (See gunwale, chainwale)

verb

1
To strike the skin in such a way as to produce a wale or welt.
2
To give a surface a texture of wales or welts.

🔄 Synonyms of "Wale"

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
wealnoun	(literary) Welfare, prosperity.
strakenoun	(nautical) A continuous line of plates or planks running from bow to stern that contributes to a vessel's skin. (FM 55-501).
weltnoun	A surname from German.
whealnoun	A small raised swelling on the skin, often itchy, caused by a blow from a whip or an insect bite etc.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Wale"

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Word	Definition
strakenoun	(nautical) A continuous line of plates or planks running from bow to stern that contributes to a vessel's skin. (FM 55-501).
weltnoun	A surname from German.
whealnoun	A small raised swelling on the skin, often itchy, caused by a blow from a whip or an insect bite etc.
wealnoun	(literary) Welfare, prosperity.
corduroynoun	A heavy fabric, usually made of cotton, with vertical ribs.
wealenoun	A surname.
swalenoun	A low tract of moist or marshy land.
reannoun	A deep furrow used for drainage.
sandbarnoun	A ridge of sand caused by the action of waves along a shore.
brick wallnoun	Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brick, wall. A wall made of bricks.
stakewallnoun	A wall built of stakes; a palisade.
wallnoun	A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
chainwalenoun	Obsolete spelling of channel (Etymology 3). [The hollow bed of running waters; (also) the bed of the sea or other body of water.]
breakwaternoun	A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.
sowbacknoun	A low ridge of sand
waterbarnoun	A barrier built across a steeply sloping road or trail in order to direct the flow of water and prevent erosion; waterbreak.
toe wallnoun	A low retaining wall, e.g. at the bottom of a slope or cliff.
bermnoun	A narrow ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope.
waterbreaknoun	(countable, more generally) Any artificially constructed system or device to halt the destructive flow of water.
troughnoun	A long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals.