rowing machine

noun

: an exercise machine that simulates the action of rowing

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Up by the cockpit, a square-jawed jock raced to strap himself into a vertical rowing machine. Nicola Twilley, WIRED, 11 Feb. 2020 The rowing machine can support up to 264 pounds and boasts a sturdy build for reliable stability during your most challenging workouts. Nora Colomer, Fox News, 3 Oct. 2024 Training on a rowing machine at a gym in Bucha, outside Kyiv, in December. Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 1 Sep. 2024 There’s a small but impressively well-equipped fitness center, in keeping with the hotel’s wellness focus, which offers multiple stationary bikes, a rowing machine, a treadmill, kettlebells, and barbells, among other essentials. Lila Harron Battis, Travel + Leisure, 30 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for rowing machine 

Word History

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of rowing machine was in 1898

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“Rowing machine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rowing%20machine. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.

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