dory in English dictionary

  • dory

    Meanings and definitions of "dory"

    • (nautical) A small flat bottomed boat used for fishing both offshore and on rivers.
    • Any of several different families of large-eyed, silvery, deep-bodied, laterally compressed, and roughly discoid marine fish.
    • adjective
      (obscure)
      Of a bright yellow or golden color.
    • adjective
      (obscure, cooking)
      Coated or glazed with a yellow substance or with "almond milk".
    • noun
      Any of several different families of large-eyed, silvery, deep-bodied, laterally compressed, and roughly discoid marine fish.
    • noun
      (obscure, cooking)
      A dish that has been coated or glazed with a yellow substance or with "almond milk".
    • noun
      (nautical)
      A small flat-bottomed boat with pointed or somewhat pointed ends, used for fishing both offshore and on rivers.
    • noun
      A wooden pike or spear about three metres (ten feet) in length with a flat, leaf-shaped iron spearhead and a bronze butt-spike (called a sauroter), which was the main weapon of hoplites in Ancient Greece. It was usually not thrown but rather thrust at opponents with one hand.
    • fishery related term
    • noun
      a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
    • noun
      marine fishes widely distributed in mid-waters and deep slope waters
    • noun
      pike-like freshwater perches

    Synonyms of "dory" in English dictionary

    walleyed pike, small boat, acanthopterygian are the top synonyms of "dory" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of dory

    • dory ( plural  dories)
    • dory (comparative more dory, superlative most dory)
    • dory (plural dories)

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