How do you use Binnacle in a sentence? See 3 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like housing, plus the exact meaning.
Binnacle in a sentence
Binnacle meaning
- The wooden housing for a ship's compass, with its corrector magnets and illuminating arrangements.
- The instrument cluster on a car or motorcycle.
Synonyms of Binnacle
Using Binnacle
- The main meaning on this page is: The wooden housing for a ship's compass, with its corrector magnets and illuminating arrangements. | The instrument cluster on a car or motorcycle.
- Useful related words include: housing.
Context around Binnacle
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Binnacle
- In this selection, "binnacle" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, instrumentation, compass, pushing and containing stand out and add context to how "binnacle" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include main a binnacle containing a and the compass binnacle. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "binnacle" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with binnacle
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Compass correction main A binnacle containing a ship's standard compass, with the two iron balls which correct the effects of ferromagnetic materials. (23 words)
The effect of ferromagnetic materials in the compass's environment can be corrected by two iron balls mounted on either side of the compass binnacle. (25 words)
The 7th-Gen iDrive system offers more personalization, and you can now have routing and navigation info in the instrumentation binnacle, pushing the virtual gages to the sides. (28 words)
The 7th-Gen iDrive system offers more personalization, and you can now have routing and navigation info in the instrumentation binnacle, pushing the virtual gages to the sides. (28 words)
The effect of ferromagnetic materials in the compass's environment can be corrected by two iron balls mounted on either side of the compass binnacle. (25 words)
Compass correction main A binnacle containing a ship's standard compass, with the two iron balls which correct the effects of ferromagnetic materials. (23 words)
Example sentences (3)
The 7th-Gen iDrive system offers more personalization, and you can now have routing and navigation info in the instrumentation binnacle, pushing the virtual gages to the sides.
Compass correction main A binnacle containing a ship's standard compass, with the two iron balls which correct the effects of ferromagnetic materials.
The effect of ferromagnetic materials in the compass's environment can be corrected by two iron balls mounted on either side of the compass binnacle.