2 entries found for boat.
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Function: noun
Text: 1 a small buoyant structure for travel on water <paddling the little boat across the lake is great exercise, but tiring>
Synonyms bottom, craft, vessel, watercraft
Related Words canoe, catamaran, catboat, cockleshell, coracle, dinghy, dory, dugout, flatboat, float, gig, gondola, houseboat, ironclad, kayak, launch, life boat, longboat, motorboat, outrigger, pirogue, pontoon, punt, raft, rowboat, sail, sampan, scow, scull, shallop, shell, sloop, tender, umiak; bark, brig, brigantine, caravel, clipper, galleon, galley, junk, ketch, pinnace, sailboat, schooner, ship, square-rigger, windjammer, xebec, yacht; corvette, cutter, destroyer, fireship, flagship, gunboat, landing craft, privateer, torpedo boat, warship; argosy, barge, coaster, collier, containership, ferryboat, icebreaker, lighter, lightship, liner, merchantman, merchant ship, packet, revenuer, riverboat, showboat, steamboat, steamer, supertanker, taxi, towboat, trader, tugboat; sealer, shrimper, trawler, whaler; derelict, hulk, tub; air-cushion vehicle, hovercraft; hydrofoil, hydroplane
2 a large craft for travel by water <you'll have to take a passenger boat to get to the island> -- see SHIP