stern section

collocation in English

meaningsofsternandsection

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stern
adjective
uk
/stɜːn/us
/stɝːn/
severe, or ...
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section
noun
uk
/ˈsek.ʃən/us
/ˈsek.ʃən/
one of the parts that something is ...
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(Definition ofsternandsectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstern section

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First reports were that 36 crewmen were safe on thesternsectionof the ship.
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By late 1864, the prototypes were operational, with thesternsectionreplaced by a pusher tug.
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The wreck was broken apart by the action of the sea in 1997 and only hersternsectionis still visible.
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The bow section quickly sank, but thesternsectionwas beached and declared a total loss.
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Five minutes later she broke in half, and thesternsectionquickly sank.
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She broke in half the next day, and hersternsectionsank without loss of life.
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Thesternsectionrises from the seabed at an angle.
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The ship broke in two, with thesternsectionsinking.
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Hersternsection, once considered a hazard to navigation, seems to have been mostly obliterated by explosions of an unknown type.
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The ship was swung around, which caused the heaviersternsectionto sink into deeper water.
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Hersternsectionis upright and reasonably intact.
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Thesternsectiondrifted aground at the opposite side to the bay to where the bow section remained.
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Thesternsectionbroke apart behind mast no. 6, drifting from the capsizing and sinking ship.
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Thesternsectionwas not found, but a search using remote vehicles found the forward section, which had drifted south of the collision site.
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Thesternsectionsank, while the bow continued to drift in the wind.
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She was abandoned the next day and broke in two, with thesternsectionsinking.
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Thesternsectionis in considerably deeper water than the bow, and represents a more technical dive.
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The bow section sank, whilst thesternsectionremained afloat.
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While no major oil leak was reported, thesternsectionwas said to contain about 1,500 tons of fuel.
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Even though the blown-offsternsectioncaught fire, survivors clung to her wreckage, and it sank shortly afterward.
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