- rowing machine
- noun Date: 1848 an exercise machine that simulates the action of rowing
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
rowing machine
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rowing machine — rowing machines N COUNT A rowing machine is an exercise machine with moving parts which you move as if you were rowing a rowing boat … English dictionary
rowing machine — n. a type of exercise equipment that simulates the activity of rowing … English World dictionary
rowing machine — ► NOUN ▪ an exercise machine with oars and a sliding seat … English terms dictionary
rowing machine — noun : a machine used in a gymnasium for exercising the muscles used in rowing * * * noun, pl ⋯ chines [count] : an exercise machine that you use by moving your body as if you are rowing a boat * * * ˈrowing machine [rowing machine rowing… … Useful english dictionary
rowing machine — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms rowing machine : singular rowing machine plural rowing machines an exercise machine that you sit on, and pull a moving handle towards you, as if you were rowing a boat … English dictionary
rowing machine — rowing ma,chine noun count an exercise machine that you sit on, and pull a moving handle toward you, as if you were ROWING a boat … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
rowing machine — rowing ma.chine n a piece of exercise equipment on which you perform the action of rowing a boat … Dictionary of contemporary English
rowing machine — row′ing machine [[t]ˈroʊ ɪŋ[/t]] n. spo an exercise machine that allows the user to go through the motions of rowing in a racing shell • Etymology: 1870–75 … From formal English to slang
rowing machine — /roh ing/ an exercise machine having a mechanism with two oarlike handles, foot braces, and a sliding seat, allowing the user to go through the motions of rowing in a racing shell. [1870 75, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
rowing machine — noun An exercise machine whose action resembles that of rowing a boat … Wiktionary
