'Bulkhead' definitions:
Definition of 'bulkhead'
(from WordNet)
noun
A partition that divides a ship or plane into compartments
Definition of 'Bulkhead'
From: GCIDE
- Bulkhead \Bulk"head`\, n. [See Bulk part of a building.]
- 1. (Naut.) A partition in a vessel, to separate apartments on the same deck. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A structure of wood or stone, to resist the pressure of earth or water; a partition wall or structure, as in a mine; the limiting wall along a water front. [1913 Webster]
- Bulked line, a line beyond which a wharf must not project; -- usually, the harbor line. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bulkhead'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anchorage,
- anchorage ground,
- arch dam,
- archway,
- back door,
- backstop,
- bamboo curtain,
- bank,
- bar,
- barrage,
- barrier,
- barway,
- basin,
- bear-trap dam,
- beaver dam,
- berth,
- boom,
- brattice,
- breakwater,
- breastwork,
- brick wall,
- buffer,
- buffer state,
- bulwark,
- bumper,
- carriage entrance,
- cellar door,
- cellarway,
- cloison,
- cofferdam,
- collision mat,
- cushion,
- dam,
- defense,
- diaphragm,
- dike,
- dissepiment,
- ditch,
- dividing line,
- dividing wall,
- division,
- dock,
- dockage,
- dockyard,
- door,
- doorjamb,
- doorpost,
- doorway,
- dry dock,
- earthwork,
- embankment,
- fence,
- fender,
- French door,
- front door,
- gate,
- gatepost,
- gateway,
- gravity dam,
- groin,
- harbor,
- harborage,
- hatch,
- hatchway,
- haven,
- hydraulic-fill dam,
- interseptum,
- iron curtain,
- jam,
- jetty,
- jutty,
- landing,
- landing place,
- landing stage,
- leaping weir,
- levee,
- lintel,
- logjam,
- marina,
- mat,
- midriff,
- midsection,
- milldam,
- moat,
- mole,
- moorings,
- mound,
- pad,
- panel,
- parapet,
- paries,
- partition,
- party wall,
- pier,
- porch,
- port,
- portal,
- portcullis,
- porte cochere,
- postern,
- property line,
- propylaeum,
- protected anchorage,
- pylon,
- quay,
- rampart,
- road,
- roadblock,
- roads,
- roadstead,
- rock-fill dam,
- scuttle,
- seaport,
- seawall,
- separation,
- septulum,
- septum,
- shipyard,
- shock pad,
- shutter dam,
- side door,
- slip,
- stile,
- stone wall,
- storm door,
- threshold,
- tollgate,
- trap,
- trap door,
- turnpike,
- turnstile,
- wall,
- weir,
- wharf,
- wicket dam,
- work