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/ˈbəlkˌhed/,
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bulkheads, plural;
  1. A dividing wall or barrier between compartments in a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle


  1. (bulkhead) a partition that divides a ship or plane into compartments
  2. (Bulkhead (barrier)) A bulkhead is a retaining wall, such as a bulkhead within a ship or a watershed retaining wall. It may also be used in mines, to contain flooding.
  3. (Bulkhead (ship)) A bulkhead is an upright wall within the hull of a ship or within the fuselage of an airplane. Other kinds of partition elements within a ship are decks and deckheads.
  4. (Bulkhead (Transformers)) Bulkhead is the name of several fictional characters in the various Transformers universes. All incarnations of Bulkhead are Autobots.
  5. (bulkhead) 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 ...
  6. (Bulkhead) The walls of the boat
  7. (Bulkhead) A ‘wall’ sealing off one end of a kayak to form a watertight compartment. Normally seen in sea kayaks.
  8. (Bulkhead) A “soffit” in Canadian usage. The under surface of a lowered portion of the ceiling.
  9. (Bulkhead) Near water, the retaining wall which separates a body of water from land.  In a building, the enclosure for the top of a stairway at the roof level of a building.
  10. (Bulkhead) the insulated partition between the engine and the passenger compartment.
  11. (bulkhead) An interior wall in a vessel. Sometimes bulkheads are also watertight, adding to the vessel's safety.
  12. (bulkhead) Transverse wall in a boat that usually bears weight and supplies hull support.
  13. (Bulkhead) A vertical partition inside the kayak designed to create separate chambers inside the boat. Bulkheads create watertight areas where gear can be safely stored.
  14. (Bulkhead) the foremost former of your airplane, on to which the engine is mounted.
  15. (Bulkhead) A partition separating one part of a ship, freight car, aircraft or truck from another part. A structure to resist water.
  16. (Bulkhead) A moveable wall structure in 50-meter pools that allows the pool to be setup for Short Course (yards/meters).
  17. (Bulkhead) Vertical plating that divides the ship into various spaces (walls).
  18. (Bulkhead) A wall, whether on land or on a ship. In the Navy everything is at sea, even if it is on dry land.
  19. (BULKHEAD) a vertical partition separating compartments
  20. (Bulkhead) special plastic fitting to provide a watertight seal through a plastic container or a flexible pond liner.
  21. (bulkhead) a retaining timber, steel, or reinforced concrete structure or a barrier of wooden timbers. Bulkheads consist of driven piles supporting a wall or a wall-like structure resisting the earth or other material and preventing sliding and overturning
  22. (Bulkhead) A term used to define a mounting style of connectors. Bulkhead connectors are designed to be inserted into a panel cutout from the rear (component side) or front side of the panel.
  23. (Bulkhead) A structure or partition to retain or prevent sliding of the land.
  24. (Bulkhead) Sealed compartment in a decked canoe or kayak. Bulkheads store flotation and other gear.
  25. A bulkhead is a set of metal door providing an outdoor entrance to the cellar.