'Boat' definitions:
Definition of 'boat'
From: WordNet
noun
A small vessel for travel on water
noun
A dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce [syn: gravy boat, gravy holder, sauceboat, boat]
verb
Ride in a boat on water
Definition of 'Boat'
From: GCIDE
- Boat \Boat\ (b[=o]t), 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.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Different kinds of boats have different names; as, canoe, yawl, wherry, pinnace, punt, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Boat'
From: GCIDE
- Boat \Boat\, v. i. To go or row in a boat. [1913 Webster]
- I boated over, ran my craft aground. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Boat'
From: GCIDE
- Boat \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To place in a boat; as, to boat oars. [1913 Webster]
- To boat the oars. See under Oar. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'boat'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- whale-gig,
- whaleboat,
- wheelbarrow,
- wheels,
- wherry,
- wreck,
- yacht,
- yawl,
- yawl boat
Words containing 'Boat'
- Boated,
- Boatful,
- Boatfuls,
- Boating,
- In the same boat,
- Advice boat,
- Boat bug,
- Boat hook,
- Boat rope,
- Boat shell,
- Butter boat,
- Canal boat,
- Chain boat,
- Dak boat,
- Dispatch boat,
- Fen boat,
- Flying boat,
- Folding boat,
- Guard boat,
- Horse boat,
- House boat,
- Ice boat,
- Keel boat,
- Land boat,
- Mackinaw boat,
- Masoola boat,
- Massoola boat,
- Masula boat,
- Monkey boat,
- Mortar boat,
- Mud boat,
- Packet boat,
- Paper boat,
- Pass boat,
- Peter boat,
- Pilot boat,
- Quarter boat,
- Seine boat,
- Snag boat,
- Tilt boat,
- To boat the oars,
- To fend off a boat,
- Torpedo boat,
- Twin boat,
- Una boat,
- Wharf boat,
- Wheel boat,
- banana boat,
- boat club,
- boat davits,
- boat deck,
- boat fly,
- boat insect,
- boat paddle,
- boat race,
- boat racing,
- boat train,
- boat whistle,
- cattle boat,
- ferry boat,
- fishing boat,
- gliding boat,
- gravy boat,
- jolly boat,
- mail boat,
- miss the boat,
- mosquito boat,
- narrow boat,
- patrol boat,
- picket boat,
- pleasure boat,
- police boat,
- pt boat,
- racing boat,
- river boat,
- rowing boat,
- sailing boat,
- sea boat,
- ship's boat,
- small boat,
- Boat-shaped,
- Boat-tail,
- Hatch-boat,
- Jolly-boat,
- Light-boat,
- U-boat,
- boat-race,
- motor torpedo boat,
- Torpedo-boat destroyer,
- boat-billed heron