camel

IPA: kˈæmʌɫ

A beast of burden, much used in desert areas, of the genus Camelus.
A light brownish color, like that of a camel (also called camel brown).
Loaded vessels lashed tightly, one on each side of another vessel, and then emptied to reduce the draught of the ship in the middle.
(South Africa, obsolete) Synonym of giraffe
A river in Cornwall, England, which flows into the Atlantic Ocean near Padstow.
A cigarette of a popular American brand.

Examples of "camel" in Sentences

Africa and Arabia, the camel is a sacred and precious gift.
Everyone has heard the joke that a camel is a horse designed by a committee.
If a camel is being used to bring books, how else might children around the world get library books?
The article explained how a camel is being used to deliver books to remote areas near Garissa, Kenya.
They do say a camel is a horse designed by a committee … on September 7, 2008 at 11: 57 am | Reply Bob
Unless you've been hiding under an unfashionable rock for the past year, you'll have the word camel firmly rooted in your fashionista lexicon.
Though the camel is a heavy beast of burden, the dromedary, which is either of the same or of a kindred species, is used by the natives of Asia and Africa on all occasions which require celerity.
Like the camel, we have an unusual structure, but remember that the camel is an exceedingly intelligent, useful animal which has successfully resisted displacement by modern transportation methods.
This evaporation principle was also adopted to lower the temperature inside ambulances by means of a cuscus tatty; this consisted of a four-sided wooden frame with chicken wire front and rear, the cavity was filled with what we called camel thorn.
For instance, in the passage about a camel going through the eye of a needle, it will make a difference in the sense, whether you read in the Greek word for _camel_ the oriental animal of that name, or a ship's cable; but no difference at all arises in the spiritual doctrine.