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How to pronounce “overboard”
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Pronunciation guide for overboard
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of overboard with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Bertrand Piccard's solar-powered adventure 20 minutes
And when we drop the ballast overboard we climb.
- Definition summary
- (nautical) Outside of a boat; in the water.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce overboard
Bertrand Piccard's solar-powered adventure 20 minutes

And when we drop the ballast overboard we climb.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “overboard”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- (nautical) Outside of a boat; in the water.
- [Adverb]
- Over the edge; especially, off or outside of a boat.
- Excessively; too much.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To throw over the edge of a boat into the water.
- (transitive) To cover (a ceiling) with plasterboard to create a new surface.
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