Dictionary entry details
• BOAT (noun)
Meaning:
A small vessel for travel on water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("boat" is a kind of...):
vessel; watercraft (a craft designed for water transportation)
Meronyms (parts of "boat"):
boat whistle (a whistle on a boat that is sounded as a warning)
Domain member category:
crank; cranky; tender; tippy ((used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail)
unregistered ((a boat or vessel) not furnished with official documents)
registered ((of a boat or vessel) furnished with necessary official documents specifying ownership etc)
scull (propel with sculls)
tack; wear round (turn into the wind)
sculler (someone who sculls (moves a long oar pivoted on the back of the boat to propel the boat forward))
passenger; rider (a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it)
pontoon ((nautical) a floating structure (as a flat-bottomed boat) that serves as a dock or to support a bridge)
painter (a line that is attached to the bow of a boat and used for tying up (as when docking or towing))
mooring; mooring line ((nautical) a line that holds an object (especially a boat) in place)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "boat"):
ark (a boat built by Noah to save his family and animals from the flood)
pilot boat (a boat to carry pilots to and from large ships)
police boat (a boat used by harbor police)
punt (an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole)
river boat (a boat used on rivers or to ply a river)
scow (any of various flat-bottomed boats with sloping ends)
sea boat (a boat that is seaworthy; that is adapted to the open seas)
sharpie (a long narrow shallow-draft boat with a flat bottom and a triangular sail; formerly used along the northern Atlantic coast of the United States)
small boat (a boat that is small)
steamboat (a boat propelled by a steam engine)
surfboat (a boat that can be launched or landed in heavy surf)
cutter; pinnace; ship's boat; tender (a boat for communication between ship and shore)
towboat; tower; tug; tugboat (a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships)
motorboat; powerboat (a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine)
mail boat; mailboat; packet; packet boat (a boat for carrying mail)
barge; flatboat; hoy; lighter (a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals))
bumboat (a small boat that ferries supplies and commodities for sale to a larger ship at anchor)
canal boat; narrow boat; narrowboat (a long boat that carries freight and is narrow enough to be used in canals)
ferry; ferryboat (a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule)
fireboat (a boat equipped to fight fires on ships or along a waterfront)
gondola (long narrow flat-bottomed boat propelled by sculling; traditionally used on canals of Venice)
guard boat (a boat that is on guard duty (as in a harbor) around a fleet of warships)
mackinaw; Mackinaw boat (a flat-bottomed boat used on upper Great Lakes)
lugger (small fishing boat rigged with one or more lugsails)
longboat (the largest boat carried by a merchant sailing vessel)
junk (any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails)
gunboat (a small shallow-draft boat carrying mounted guns; used by costal patrols)
Meaning:
A dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
gravy boat; gravy holder; sauceboat; boat
Hypernyms ("boat" is a kind of...):
dish (a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "boat"):
argyle; argyll (a covered gravy holder of silver or other metal containing a detachable central vessel for hot water to keep the gravy warm)
• BOAT (verb)
Meaning:
Ride in a boat on water
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "boat" is one way to...):
ride (be carried or travel on or in a vehicle)
Domain category:
navigation; pilotage; piloting (the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "boat"):
kayak (travel in a small canoe)
canoe (travel by canoe)
row (propel with oars)
sail (travel in a boat propelled by wind)
yacht (travel in a yacht)
motorboat (ride in a motorboat)
paddle (propel with a paddle)
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