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Bulkhead

A partition in a vessel, to separate apartments on the same deck.

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Divider 76% connected

One who, or that which, divides; that which separates anything into parts.

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Partition 76% connected

The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; separation; division; distribution; as, the partition of a kingdom.

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Ship 70% connected

Pay; reward.

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Altar noun · 86% connection

a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made

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Arcade noun · 86% connection

a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

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Arch noun · 86% connection

(architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it

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Area noun · 86% connection

a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"

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Arena noun · 86% connection

a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

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Balance noun · 86% connection

equality of distribution

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Balcony noun · 86% connection

a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet

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Bascule noun · 86% connection

a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)

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Boarding noun · 86% connection

a structure of boards

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Body noun · 86% connection

the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted"

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Bowl noun · 86% connection

a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

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Bridge noun · 86% connection

a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

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Building noun · 86% connection

a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corne…

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Catchment noun · 86% connection

a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area)

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Coil noun · 86% connection

a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"

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Colonnade noun · 86% connection

a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

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Column noun · 86% connection

a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)

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Complex noun · 86% connection

a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures

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Bath noun · 78% connection

A building containing an apartment or a series of apartments arranged for bathing.

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Beakhead noun · 78% connection

A small platform at the fore part of the upper deck of a vessel, which contains the water closets of the crew.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: partition, vessel, separate, apartments, deck.
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Camber noun · 78% connection

An upward convexity of a deck or other surface; as, she has a high camber (said of a vessel having an unusual convexity of deck).

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Camel noun · 78% connection

A water-tight structure (as a large box or boxes) used to assist a vessel in passing over a shoal or bar or in navigating shallow wate…

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Cant noun · 78% connection

A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: partition, vessel, separate, apartments, deck.
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Chamber noun · 78% connection

Apartments in a lodging house.

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Close-fights n. pl. · 78% connection

Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -…

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Companion noun · 78% connection

A skylight on an upper deck with frames and sashes of various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower deck.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: partition, vessel, separate, apartments, deck.
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Conclave noun · 78% connection

The set of apartments within which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a po…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: partition, vessel, separate, apartments, deck.
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Corridor noun · 78% connection

A gallery or passageway leading to several apartments of a house.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: partition, vessel, separate, apartments, deck.
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Deck verb · 78% connection

To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: partition, vessel, separate, apartments, deck.
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Decker noun · 78% connection

A vessel which has a deck or decks; -- used esp. in composition; as, a single-decker; a three-decker.

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Divide verb · 78% connection

To cause to be separate; to keep apart by a partition, or by an imaginary line or limit; as, a wall divides two houses; a stream divid…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: partition, vessel, separate, apartments, deck.
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Dolphin noun · 78% connection

A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped on the deck of an enemy's vessel.

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