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abaft

Letters that make abaft

a, b, f, t are letters that make 'abaft'

Words within abaft

AB, ab, BA, Ba, ft, aba, aft, Ab are words within 'abaft'

abaft is a 5 letter word starting with a
abaft is a 5 letter word ending with t

1 possible definitions for 'abaft'

Abaft as "at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane"

Under this definition, abaft is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

aft, astern have the same meaning as 'abaft'

Antonyms

fore, forward have the opposite meaning of 'abaft'

Example of abaft used within this context

"stow the luggage aft", "ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft", "the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about"