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Boat Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Boat? [n] a small vessel for travel on water [n] a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce [v] ride in a boat on water Synonyms \| Synonyms for Boat: gravy boat \| sauceboat Related Terms \| Find terms related to Boat: almadia \| argosy \| ark \| auto \| autocar \| automobile \| auxiliary \| barge \| bark \| bottom \| bucket \| buggy \| bus \| buss \| canoe \| car \| cargo boat \| carry sail \| cart \| cat \| catamaran \| circumnavigate \| coach \| coast \| cockle \| cockleshell \| cog \| coracle \| craft \| crate \| cross \| cruise \| cruiser \| cutter \| dinghy \| dispatch boat \| dray \| drifter \| dugout \| ferry \| ferryboat \| fishing boat \| float \| funny \| galley \| gig \| glider \| go by ship \| go on shipboard \| go to sea \| gondola \| haul \| heap \| hooker \| houseboat \| hoy \| hulk \| hull \| hydrofoil \| hydroplane \| jalopy \| jolly \| jolly boat \| kayak \| keel \| knockabout \| launch \| leviathan \| lifeboat \| lighter \| longboat \| machine \| mailer \| make a passage \| motor \| motor vehicle \| motorboat \| motorcar \| motorized vehicle \| navigate \| outboard \| outrigger canoe \| packet \| pilot \| pilot boat \| pinnace \| piragua \| pirogue \| ply \| pontoon \| post boat \| pram \| punt \| racer \| racing shell \| raft \| randan \| row \| rowboat \| rowing boat \| run \| runabout \| sail \| sail round \| sail the sea \| sailboat \| sampan \| scooter \| scow \| scull \| seafare \| shallop \| shell \| ship \| showboat \| skiff \| sled \| sledge \| small boat \| sneakbox \| speedboat \| steam \| steamboat \| surfboat \| take a voyage \| towboat \| traverse \| trawlboat \| trawler \| trimaran \| trow \| truck \| tub \| tug \| tugboat \| van \| vessel \| voiture \| voyage \| wagon \| wanigan \| watercraft \| whaleboat \| whale-gig \| wheelbarrow \| wheels \| wherry \| wreck \| yacht \| yawl \| yawl boat See Also \| ark \| barge \| boat whistle \| bumboat \| canal boat \| canoe \| cutter \| dish \| ferry \| ferryboat \| fireboat \| flatboat \| gondola \| guard boat \| gunboat \| hoy \| junk \| kayak \| lighter \| longboat \| lugger \| mackinaw \| Mackinaw boat \| mail boat \| mailboat \| motorboat \| narrowboat \| packet \| packet boat \| paddle \| pilot boat \| pinnace \| police boat \| powerboat \| punt \| ride \| river boat \| row \| sail \| scow \| sea boat \| sharpie \| ship's boat \| small boat \| steamboat \| surfboat \| tender \| towboat \| tower \| tug \| tugboat \| vessel \| watercraft \| yacht Boat In Webster's Dictionary \Boat\, n. [OE. boot, bat, AS. b[=a]t; akin to Icel. b[=a]tr, Sw. b[*a]t, Dan. baad, D. & G. boot. Cf. {Bateau}.] 1. A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail. Note: Different kinds of boats have different names; as, canoe, yawl, wherry, pinnace, punt, etc. 2. Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest class; as, the Cunard boats. 3. A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat. Note: Boat is much used either adjectively or in combination; as, boat builder or boatbuilder; boat building or boatbuilding; boat hook or boathook; boathouse; boat keeper or boatkeeper; boat load; boat race; boat racing; boat rowing; boat song; boatlike; boat-shaped. {Advice boat}. See under {Advice}. {Boat hook} (Naut.), an iron hook with a point on the back, fixed to a long pole, to pull or push a boat, raft, log, etc. --Totten. {Boat rope}, a rope for fastening a boat; -- usually called a {painter}. {In the same boat}, in the same situation or predicament. [Colloq.] --F. W. Newman. \Boat\ (b[=o]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Boated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Boating}.] 1. To transport in a boat; as, to boat goods. 2. To place in a boat; as, to boat oars. {To boat the oars}. See under {Oar}. \Boat\, v. i. To go or row in a boat. I boated over, ran my craft aground. --Tennyson.

Boat Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Boat?

[n] a small vessel for travel on water
[n] a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce
[v] ride in a boat on water

Synonyms | Synonyms for Boat: gravy boat | sauceboat

Boat In Webster's Dictionary

\Boat\, n. [OE. boot, bat, AS. b[=a]t; akin to Icel.
b[=a]tr, Sw. b[*a]t, Dan. baad, D. & G. boot. Cf. {Bateau}.]
1. A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars
   or paddles, but often by a sail.

Note: Different kinds of boats have different names; as,
      canoe, yawl, wherry, pinnace, punt, etc.

2. Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive
   of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet
   boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is
   sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest
   class; as, the Cunard boats.

3. A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in
   shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat.



Note: Boat is much used either adjectively or in combination;
      as, boat builder or boatbuilder; boat building or
      boatbuilding; boat hook or boathook; boathouse; boat
      keeper or boatkeeper; boat load; boat race; boat
      racing; boat rowing; boat song; boatlike; boat-shaped.

{Advice boat}. See under {Advice}.

{Boat hook} (Naut.), an iron hook with a point on the back,
   fixed to a long pole, to pull or push a boat, raft, log,
   etc. --Totten.

{Boat rope}, a rope for fastening a boat; -- usually called a
   {painter}.

{In the same boat}, in the same situation or predicament.
   [Colloq.] --F. W. Newman.


\Boat\ (b[=o]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Boated}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Boating}.]
1. To transport in a boat; as, to boat goods.

2. To place in a boat; as, to boat oars.

{To boat the oars}. See under {Oar}.


\Boat\, v. i.
To go or row in a boat.

      I boated over, ran my craft aground.     --Tennyson.

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