Dictionary Check: astern
"astern" is a valid word!
Scrabble
6
points
Words with Friends
7
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Definition
adverb
stern foremost or backward
Example:
"the steamer went astern at half speed"
adverb
at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane
Example:
"stow the luggage aft"
adverb
(of a ship or an airplane) behind
Example:
"we dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla, and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide"
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