Home › Words › P › proreproreprore means the front part of a ship.EtymologyFrom Latin prora (“prow”). Doublet of prow.nounThe front part of a ship.e.g.“These in twelve galleys with vermilion prores Beneath his conduct sought the Phrygian shores..” — 1715, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, “Book II”, in The Iliad of Homer, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.forestem 76% match — The front part of a vessel. vs prore →foreship 73% match — The fore part of a ship. vs prore →forepeak 65% match — The part of the hold of a ship within the angle of the bow. vs prore →forepart 64% match — The front or anterior part of something. vs prore →forecastle 63% match — A raised part of the upper deck at the front of a ship; the structure of this part of the ship; the crew's quarters located within it. vs prore →beakhead 63% match — A protruding part of the foremost section of a sailing ship. vs prore →forebody 63% match — The forepart of a vehicle; foreside. vs prore →proa 61% match — A sailing vessel found in the waters of Micronesia and Indonesia; it has a single, large outrigger and a triangular sail. vs prore →