Dictionary Definition
bulkhead n : a partition that divides a ship or
plane into compartments
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
- a vertical partition dividing the hull into separate compartments; often made watertight to prevent excessive flooding if the ship's hull is breached.
- A similar partition in an aircraft or spacecraft.
- Mechanically, a partition or panel through which connectors pass, or a connector designed to pass through a partition.
- A pressure-resistant sealed barrier to any fluid in a large structure.
- A retaining wall along a waterfront.
Derived terms
Translations
partition on air- or spacecraft
Swedish: skott
panel through which connectors pass
Extensive Definition
Bulkhead may refer to the following:
- Bulkhead barrier: a form of coastal management akin to a seawall.
- Bulkhead partition: a wall within the hull of a ship, vehicle, or container.
- Bulkhead flatcars: a type of rolling stock designed with sturdy end-walls.
- Bulkhead line: a method of coastal demarcation used within a legal system.
- Bulkhead (Transformers): the name given to several fictional characters from the Transformers universes entertainment franchise.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
French door, anchorage, anchorage ground,
arch dam, archway, back
door, backstop, bamboo
curtain, bank, bar, barrage, barrier, barway, basin, bear-trap dam, beaver dam,
berth, boom, brattice, breakwater, breastwork, brick wall,
buffer, buffer state,
bulwark, bumper, carriage entrance, cellar
door, cellarway,
cloison, cofferdam, collision mat,
cushion, dam, defense, diaphragm, dike, dissepiment, ditch, dividing line, dividing
wall, division,
dock, dockage, dockyard, door, doorjamb, doorpost, doorway, dry dock, earthwork, embankment, fence, fender, front door, gate, gatepost, gateway, gravity dam, groin, harbor, harborage, hatch, hatchway, haven, hydraulic-fill dam,
interseptum, iron
curtain, jam, jetty, jutty, landing, landing place, landing
stage, leaping weir, levee, lintel, logjam, marina, mat, midriff, midsection, milldam, moat, mole, moorings, mound, pad, panel, parapet, paries, partition, party wall,
pier, porch, port, portal, portcullis, porte cochere,
postern, property line,
propylaeum, protected
anchorage, pylon, quay, rampart, road, roadblock, roads, roadstead, rock-fill dam,
scuttle, seaport, seawall, separation, septulum, septum, shipyard, shock pad, shutter
dam, side door, slip,
stile, stone wall, storm
door, threshold,
tollgate, trap, trap door, turnpike, turnstile, wall, weir, wharf, wicket dam, work