Strake

What do we mean by strake?

A single continuous line of planking or metal plating extending on a vessel's hull from stem to stern. noun

An obsolete preterit of strike. noun

To move; go; proceed.

A streak; a stripe. noun

A strip; a narrow tract. noun

A reef in a sail. noun

A rut in a road. noun

A crack in a floor. noun

A breadth of plank or planking; specifically, a continuous line of planking or plates on a vessel's side, reaching from stem to stern. Also streak and shutter-in. See cut under clincher-built. noun

The iron band used to bind the fellies of a wheel; the hoop or tire of a wheel. noun

A piece of board or metal used for scraping off the skimpings in handjigging or tozing. noun

Same as lye. noun

A bushel: more commonly strike (which see). noun

In hunting, a particular signal with a horn. noun

A dialectal (Scotch) form of stroke.

Imp. of strike.

A streak. noun

An iron band by which the fellies of a wheel are secured to each other, being not continuous, as the tire is, but made up of separate pieces. noun

One breadth of planks or plates forming a continuous range on the bottom or sides of a vessel, reaching from the stem to the stern; a streak. noun

A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder. noun

An iron fitting of a medieval cart wheel.

A type of aerodynamic surface mounted on an aircraft fuselage to fine-tune the airflow.

A continuous line of plates or planks running from bow to stern that contributes to a vessel's skin. (FM 55-501).

A shaped piece of wood used to level a bed or contour the shape of a mould, as for a bell

A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder.

A streak.

Words that are spelled similarly to strake:
strake, strike, stroke, stake, strafe, strate, strale, sprake, straka, strane, stracke, straße, strak, strade.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word strake:
barbette, planking, waterline, teak, amidships, armour, tapered, jesuit, armor, conning, thickness, plating, thick, preparatory, transverse, decks, deck, thinner, aft, ranged, plank, keel, sheer, protected, inches, belt, hobby, armored, agnes, houston, backed, armoured, fuselage, drag, terminated, hull, protective, upper, edge, fitted, gun, shell, battery, ends, angle, extended, sides, stem, compound, connects, businessman, texas, ranging, reduced, guns, lower, ship, vessels, ran, strength, vessel, bottom, main, broad, covered, length, rear, forward, improve, height, republican, ships, side, closed, slightly, chairman, lieutenant, college, saint, feet, test, above, tower, academy, hold, wing.

Words that rhyme with strake:
awake, break, take, cake, make, forsake, snake, wake, stake, shake, opaque, mistake, rake, partake, undertake, lake, brake, sake, steak, fake, ache, flake, overtake, earthquake, intake, pancake, bake, namesake, uptake, drake, betake, headache, snowflake, jake, slake, retake, quake, outbreak, hake, rattlesnake, caique, remake, keepsake, mandrake, blake, crake, handshake, piece of cake, heartache, daybreak, heartbreak, cupcake, yake, ake, bellyache, cheesecake, double take, milkshake, spake, sweepstake, outtake, fruitcake, shortcake, backache, pound cake, pake, beefsteak, kittiwake, haik, muckrake, shaykh, hot cake, paik, claik, give and take, oxbow lake, potato pancake, fish cake, hotcake, naik, dake, green snake, stomach ache, king snake, shaikh, clake, straik, scotch pancake, strip steak, angel cake, shaik, milk snake, johnny cake, coffee break, carpet snake, crumb cake, milk shake, tax break, marble cake, coral snake.

Adjectives that are often used to describe strake:
sheer, garboard, top, upper, first, second, lower, bilge, next, ever, outer, lowest, third, bottom, red, gunwale, uppermost, outside, fourth, limber, thick, binding, inner, ordinary, green, outboard, starboard, middle, inside, topmost, broad, heavy, fifth, side, wide, adjoining, adjacent, tenth, extra, chine, narrow, forecastle, stedfast, sixth, centre, yellow, helical, contiguous, shear, ninth, line, through, fourteenth, deck, avenging, loaded, brest, port.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective strake:
configuration, construction, book, hull, nails.

Consonant match to strake:
strike, stroke, streak, struck, streek, strick, strook, stroock, strack, straik, streck, strock, strauch, streich, stracke, stroik.

Words that sound like strake:
strake, straik, strike, stroke, struck, streak, strech, strick, strik, streek, strock, strack, strak, strook, streich, streck, stroock, strauch, stracke, strac, streik, steak, stake, stray, strog, sterk, stirk, straker, strig, sturk, strakes, stq, stick, straight, stack, stock, stretch, straw, stalk, strait, stoke, streaks, ciroc, strafe, stree, strays, awestruck, strew, stike, strate, stra, stic, streaker, streight, stac, streaked, stik, citric, strath, stook, streaky, stak, streicher, strayer, steck, steek, stok, stech, strewth, stek, stoc, straka, stocke, strecker, awe-struck, stoak, awe struck, stec, steric, ceroc, stokke, stearic, strawy, serac, sirach, strei, saric, siroc, sprake, sirak, sarich, sea wrack, sarac, sorek, steik, oestreich, strg, seric, sorak, stacc.