STERN

Stern

The stern is the rear or aft-most part of a ship or boat, technically defined as the area built up over the sternpost, extending upwards from the counter rail to the taffrail. The stern lies opposite of the bow, the foremost part of a ship. Originally, the term only referred to the aft port section of the ship, but eventually came to refer to the entire back of a vessel. The stern end of a ship is indicated with a white navigation light at night.

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stern

Noun

  1. The rear part or after end of a ship or vessel.
  2. The post of management or direction.
  3. The hinder part of anything.
  4. The tail of an animal; now used only of the tail of a dog.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A bird, the black tern.

Adjective

  1. Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner.
  2. Grim and forbidding in appearance.


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