Definition
sterns
noun
- the rear parts of ships or boats
Usage: nautical; plural of stern
Examples
- The two ships collided stern to stern in the harbor.
- The captain ordered the crew to secure the sterns before the storm.
- Both vessels had their names painted on their sterns.
- The fishing boats turned their sterns toward the wind.
- We could see the sterns of several yachts from the dock.
- The naval ships aligned their sterns in formation.