Open Dictionary
mouse here to listen, click to choose/add more
Location: USA
Source: Learn That Word
Profile URL: www.learnthat.org

Are you a native English speaker? How do you pronounce this word?

Thank you for contributing!
upload mp3 file or record now it's easy, promised!

{%type%} Definitions

WordNet 3.0Copyright Princeton University
{%wordnet%}
Definitions.net
{%definitions_com%}

Videos

Short "hint"

n. - Flat braided cordage that is used on ships.

edit
Usage examples (31)
  • We had also made a quantity of string, or what sailors call sennit, which, twisted together, would serve as cordage for the vessel.
  • Even the largest houses have not a nail in them, but are fastened together with sennit, which is a line made from the root of a tree.
  • A boat — a sealer’s boat, for the rowlocks were bound in sennit,
  • Teroro untwisted the sennit and nodded judiciously.
...click for more
Tutoring comment


Tutoring comment not yet available...

add more
The Open Dictionary of English is a collaborative project, based on Open Source materials, LearnThat resources, and partner APIs.
We give special thanks to our LearnThat volunteers, as well as Princeton University and Wiktionary for their Open Source word data. We're also grateful for the support given by Google, Wordnik.com, Dictionary.com, Stands4.com and YouTube, OEDILF.com, Kylescholz.com, Best-Practice.com, Forvo.com, as well as the generous Creative Commons community.