trawler
noun/ˈtrɔlər/
Frequency rank: #17,651 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a fishing boat that drags a large net through the water to catch fish.
Example sentence
The fishermen spent three weeks at sea aboard their trawler before returning to port with a large catch.
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