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HARPOON LOG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does harpoon log mean?
• HARPOON LOG (noun)
The noun HARPOON LOG has 1 sense:
1. a cylindrical log with a device that registers distance
Familiarity information: HARPOON LOG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cylindrical log with a device that registers distance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("harpoon log" is a kind of...):
log (measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water)
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