Oar

Pronunciation

• enPR: ôr, IPA: /oÊŠr/, /ɔː(r)/
• in non-rhotic accents, awe in non-rhotic accents
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)

Origin

Old English ār, from Old Norse ár.

Noun

1. An implement used to propel a boat or a ship in the water, having a flat blade at one end, being rowed from the other end and being normally fastened to the vessel.
2. An oarsman; a rower.He is a good oar.
3. (zoology) An oar-like swimming organ of various invertebrates.

Synonyms

• (implement used to propel a boat) paddle

Derived terms

• stick one's oar in

Full definition of oar

Verb

1. To row; to propel with oars.
• Peake GormenghastTurning the long tables upside down — and there were twelve of them — they seated themselves, one behind another, within the upturned table tops as though they were boats and were about to oar their way into some fabulous ocean.

Anagrams

• AOR
• Ora
• ROA