Usually means: Wall separating compartments in structures.
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General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. bulkhead: Merriam-Webster
  2. bulkhead: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bulkhead: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bulkhead: Collins English Dictionary
  5. bulkhead: Vocabulary.com
  6. Bulkhead, bulkhead: Wordnik
  7. bulkhead: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. bulkhead: Wiktionary
  9. bulkhead: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. bulkhead: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. bulkhead: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Bulkhead, bulkhead: Dictionary.com
  13. Bulkhead (barrier), Bulkhead (partition), Bulkhead: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Bulkhead: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. bulkhead: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. bulkhead: Rhymezone
  17. Bulkhead: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. bulkhead: FreeDictionary.org
  19. bulkhead: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. bulkhead: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. bulkhead: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  22. bulkhead: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  3. eyefortransport e-commerce transportation glossary (No longer online)
  4. bulkhead: Legal dictionary
  5. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bulkhead: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Bulkhead: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Canoe Terminology (No longer online)

Tech (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  3. BULKHEAD: Glossary of Nautical Terms
  4. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  5. Sandahl, Middle English Sea Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (nautical) A vertical partition dividing the hull into separate compartments; often made watertight to prevent excessive flooding if the ship's hull is breached.
noun:  (aerospace) A similar partition in an aircraft or spacecraft.
noun:  (mechanics) A partition or panel through which connectors pass, or a connector designed to pass through a partition.
noun:  A pressure-resistant sealed barrier to any fluid in a large structure.
noun:  A retaining wall along a waterfront.
noun:  (Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine) A cellar hatchway.

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