catamaran

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Tamil கட்டுமரம் (kaṭṭumaram), from கட்டு (kaṭṭu, “to tie”) + மரம் (maram, “tree, wood”).

Here, Cawthorn, go and see what it is, if that old catamaran will let you into the room. — Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel, Dorothy L. (Dorothy Leigh) Sayers
They saw the catamarans, constructed as the Hindu gentleman had described, paddled on the waves by a single man, wearing a sugar-loaf hat. — Across India; Or, Live Boys in the Far East, Oliver Optic
The fishermen's boats, or catamarans as they are called here, though they have no resemblance to the Colombo catamaran, are made of four of these pointed logs tied side by side. — From Edinburgh to India & Burmah, W. G. (William Gordon) Burn Murdoch

Type a word, a sentence, a book title, or a link to an English article. WordNet and the Classics answer.

Try

A library of classics · a vault of words · instant etymology & meaning

From: —

Output

Worksheet Type (multi-select)

Scope

Difficulty

Max questions

0 words Min 50 words / Max 2,000 words