How to pronounce hawser
American English pronunciation
HAW-zur
- IPA
- /ˈhɔzɚ/
- Syllables
- HAW · zur (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What hawser means
A thick rope used to tie up or tow a ship
In a sentence: The tugboat pulled the big ship along with a long hawser.
Where it comes from: It comes from an old French word meaning to raise, from the Latin word for high.
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