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Definition: Skeg |
SkegNoun1. A brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | Angular member, or knee, connecting and bracing keel and stern post. Source: European Union. (references) |
Transportation | A vertical plate or member serving as a continuation of the keel behind the main step on a float or hull, especially on a float, installed to protect the bottom and to prevent tipping backwards on land. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In surfing, a skeg is a stabilizing fin located at the rear of the surfboard. It was invented in 1935 by Tom Blake. A skeg has the effect of keeping the board moving forward in a controlled manner.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Skeg (surfing)."
Crosswords: Skeg |
| English words defined with "skeg": Skag. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "skeg": SURFBOARD MAKER. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | In drydock, receiving a mine defense installation (probably a paravane skeg), 1918. Credit: NAVY. |  | View from off the ship's bow while she was in drydock, possibly in a European port, 1919. Note her anchor chains and what appears to be a paravane skeg attached to the lower part of her stem. Credit: NAVY. |
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| "Skeg" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.65% of the time. "Skeg" is used about 23 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 95.65% | 22 | 74,468 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 4.35% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 23 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "skeg": protective skeg. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
guard skeg | 20 |
skeg | 18 |
repair skeg | 10 |
protector skeg | 5 |
replacement skeg | 4 |
kayak skeg | 2 |
gard skeg | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "skeg"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | skeg (deadwood, rising wood), hæltap, dødtræ (deadwood, rising wood). (various references) | |
Dutch | scheg (cutwater, deadwood, false keel, rising wood), achterstevenknie (deadwood, rising wood). (various references) | |
Finnish | kölievä. (various references) | |
French | talon de quille, plaque de protection arrière. (various references) | |
German | Steventotholz (deadwood, rising wood), Skeg (deadwood, rising wood), Totholz (deadwood, rising wood), Kufensporn. (various references) | |
Greek | πτέρνα πλωτήρα, πτέρνα τρόπιδας (deadwood, rising wood). (various references) | |
Italian | scarpa (shoe), piede del dritto (deadwood, rising wood), calcagnolo. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | egskay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | quilha postiça, curva do cadaste (deadwood, rising wood). (various references) | |
Spanish | talón de quilla (deadwood, rising wood), placa de refuerzo. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "skeg": skegs. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "skeg": maskeg, muskeg. (additional references) | |
Words containing "skeg": maskegs, muskegs. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words ending with "eg": Cleg, Gleg, keg, Steg, teg. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: kegs. | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-k-s" | |
-1 letter: keg, seg. | |
-2 letters: es. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-k-s" | |
+1 letter: gecks, geeks, skegs. | |
+2 letters: gasket, geckos, gleeks, kedges, kluges, kugels, maskeg, muskeg, skeigh. | |
+3 letters: boskage, gaskets, gawkers, gawkies, geckoes, gemsbok, keglers, kludges, maskegs, muskegs, seeking, sinkage, skeeing, skewing, skreegh, skreigh, soakage. | |
+4 letters: boskages, brokages, bulkages, corkages, deckings, dockages, enskying, erlkings, garpikes, gawkiest, geekiest, gemsboks, gemsbuck, geoducks, gerenuks, gherkins, gingkoes, ginkgoes, grackles, grosbeak, gweducks, jacklegs, jingkoes, keelages, keepings, kegelers, keglings, kennings, kerogens, kerygmas, kingless, kinglets, kingside, kleagles, leakages, legworks, linkages, lockages, neckings, packages, sighlike, sinkages, skeining, skelping, skreeghs, skreighs, sleeking, smeeking, smerking, snaglike, sneaking, soakages, songlike, speaking, specking, steeking, tankages. | |
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