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[ naw-ti-kuhl, not-i- ] / ˈnɔ tɪ kəl, ˈnɒt ɪ- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR nautical ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveof or relating to sailors, ships, or navigation: nautical terms. Origin of nautical1545–55; <Latin nautic(us) pertaining to ships or sailors (<Greek nautikós, equivalent to naû(s) ship + -tikos-tic) + -al1 SYNONYMS FOR nauticalseagoing, marine, maritime. SEE SYNONYMS FOR nautical ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM nauticalnau·ti·cal·i·ty [naw-ti-kal-i-tee, not-i-], /ˌnɔ tɪˈkæl ɪ ti, ˌnɒt ɪ-/, nounnau·ti·cal·ly, adverbnon·nau·ti·cal, adjectivenon·nau·ti·cal·ly, adverb un·nau·ti·cal, adjective WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH nauticalnaval, nautical Words nearby nauticalnauseous, Nausicaä, naut., nautch, Nautes, nautical, nautical day, nautical mile, nautiloid, nautilus, nautophone Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for nauticalLeave it to one of America's oldest artist colonies to put a uniquely creative spin on this nautical holiday tradition. New England’s Crazy Christmas Tree Tradition|Condé Nast Traveler|December 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST Dana Kennedy on the nautical newcomers and diminishing glamour of St. Tropez and Monte Carlo. Look Who's Yachting!|Dana Kennedy|August 16, 2010|DAILY BEAST Our nautical experts (who had been at sea for three weeks anyhow) opined that it was "steering" for the Diamond Fields. The Siege of Kimberley|T. Phelan Poor Giuseppe, in spite of his nautical costume, was man of all work.
A nautical term for the holes cut in the flooring in a ship above the keelson, to allow water to drain to the pumps. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 6|Various But once on this very voyage, during a storm, I had occasion to be convinced that nautical optics will assert their advantage. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864|Various Only, upon peculiar occasions arose a necessity for a nautical power as amongst the resources of empire. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. II (2 vols)|Thomas De Quincey
British Dictionary definitions for nautical
adjectiveof, relating to, or involving ships, navigation, or sailors Derived forms of nauticalnautically, adverbWord Origin for nauticalC16: from Latin nauticus, from Greek nautikos, from naus ship Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to nauticalnavigational, seafaring, maritime, marine, aquatic, naval, oceanic, pelagic, salty, ship, abyssal, thalassic, boating, cruising, deep-sea, navigating, oceangoing, oceanographic, rowing, sailing |