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freeboard
noun(free-board)
the distance between the waterline and the main deck or weather deck of a ship or between the level of the water and the upper edge of the side of a small boat
freeboard
noun(free-board)
the height above the recorded high-water mark of a structure (such as a dam) associated with the water
freeboard
adverb or adjective(free-board)
without charge for delivery to and placing on board a carrier at a specified point

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