different between watertight vs freeboard

English

Etymology

From water +? tight.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w??.t?.ta?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w??.t?.ta?t/, /?w??.t?.ta?t/

Adjective

watertight (comparative more watertight, superlative most watertight)

1. So tightly made that water cannot enter or escape.
2. (figuratively) So devised or planned as to be impossible to defeat, evade or nullify.

Synonyms

• waterproof, water-proof, impervious, impermeable

Derived terms

• watertight alibi
• watertightness

Related terms

Translations

English

Etymology 1

Noun

freeboard (plural freeboards)

1. (nautical) The vertical distance between the waterline and the uppermost watertight deck of a vessel.
2. The distance between a water level and the top of something that contains or restrains it (such as a dam).
3. The distance between the top of sea ice and the water level.

Derived terms

• freeboard deck

Translations

Etymology 2

From being a skateboard with an additional degree of freedom of movement (yaw) and some additional rocking (roll) movement.

Noun

freeboard (plural freeboards)

1. A type of skateboard which simulates the movement of a snowboard when used on a downhill coarse, allowing snowboarding techniques, which has an addition of two centerline casters that extend below the traditional skateboard wheels and bogies.

Hypernyms

• skateboard

Related terms

• skateboard
• longboard

Coordinate terms

• snowboard
• skateboard

See also

• street luge
• roller ski
• inline skate

References

• Freeboard (skateboard) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Freeboard (nautical) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sea ice thickness on Wikipedia.Wikipedia