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COAMING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coaming mean? 

COAMING (noun)
  The noun COAMING has 1 sense:

1. a raised framework around a hatchway on a ship to keep water outplay

  Familiarity information: COAMING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COAMING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A raised framework around a hatchway on a ship to keep water out

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("coaming" is a kind of...):

frame; framework (a structure supporting or containing something)


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