abaft

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Adverbial abaft has 1 sense

aft, abaft, astern - at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane; "stow the luggage aft"; "ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft"; "the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about"

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Abaft

Abaft is a nautical term that describes the location behind an object or towards the stern of a ship. It can be used as an adverb, preposition, or adjective.

Adverb:

Example Sentence: The sailor looked abaft and noticed a pod of dolphins swimming playfully.

Preposition:

Example Sentence: The lifeboats are stored abaft the stern of the ship for easy access.

Adjective:

Example Sentence: The captain's cabin is situated in the abaft section of the vessel.

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