Definition of boat Boat
/bowˈt/ - [bowt] - boat
We found 23 definitions of boat from 9 different sources.
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| boat - a small vessel for travel on water | ||
| watercraft, vessel skill in the management of boats | ||
| ark a boat built by Noah to save his family and animals from the flood | ||
| barge, flatboat, hoy, lighter a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals) | ||
| boat whistle a whistle on a boat that is sounded as a warning | ||
| 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 | ||
| ferryboat, ferry transport by boat or aircraft | ||
| 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 | ||
| gunboat a small shallow-draft boat carrying mounted guns; used by costal patrols | ||
| junk any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails | ||
| longboat the largest boat carried by a merchant sailing vessel | ||
| lugger small fishing boat rigged with one or more lugsails | ||
| mackinaw boat, mackinaw a heavy woolen cloth heavily napped and felted, often with a plaid design | ||
| mail boat, mailboat, packet boat, packet a boat for carrying mail | ||
| motorboat, powerboat a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine | ||
| pilot boat a boat to carry pilots to and from large ships | ||
| police boat a boat used by harbor police | ||
| punt (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground; "the punt traveled 50 yards"; "punting is an important part of the game" | ||
| river boat a boat used on rivers or to ply a river | ||
| scow a barge carrying bulk materials in an open hold | ||
| sea boat a boat that is seaworthy; that is adapted to the open seas | ||
| 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 | ||
| pinnace, ship's boat, cutter, tender a cutting implement; a tool for cutting | ||
| towboat, tugboat, tug, tower a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships | ||
| boat - a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce | ||
| gravy boat, gravy holder, sauceboat | ||
| dish a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food; "we gave them a set of dishes for a wedding present" | ||
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| boat - ride in a boat on water | ||
| ride copulate with; "The bull was riding the cow" | ||
| pilotage, piloting, navigation the occupation of a pilot | ||
| motorboat ride in a motorboat | ||
| yacht travel in a yacht | ||
| sail traverse or travel on (a body of water); "We sailed the Atlantic"; "He sailed the Pacific all alone" | ||
| row propel with oars; "row the boat across the lake" | ||
| canoe travel by canoe; "canoe along the canal" | ||
| kayak travel in a small canoe; "we kayaked down the river" | ||
| paddle stir with a paddle | ||
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Wiktionary 
- boat (Noun)
A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind. - boat (Noun)
A full house . - boat (Noun)
A vehicle, utensil, or dish somewhat resembling a boat in shape. - boat (Noun)
One of two possible conformations of cyclohexane rings the other being chair, shaped roughly like a boat. - boat (Verb)
To travel by boat.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- boat (n.)
A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail. - boat (n.)
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. - boat (n.)
A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat. - boat (v. t.)
To transport in a boat; as, to boat goods. - boat (v. t.)
To place in a boat; as, to boat oars. - boat (v. i.)
To go or row in a boat.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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boat
A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind. -
boat
To traverse or travel by ship on a body of water. -
boat
A dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce. -
boat
A watercraft designed to float or plane on, and provide transport over water.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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boat
bōt, n. a small open vessel usually moved by oars: a small ship: a vessel like a boat in shape, as a 'sauce-boat.'—v.i. to sail about in a boat.—ns. Boat′-hook, an iron hook fixed to a pole used for pulling or pushing off a boat; Boat′-house, a house or shed for a boat: Boat′ing, the art or practice of sailing in boats; Boat′man, a man who has charge of a boat: a rower.—In the same boat, in the same circumstances.—To have an oar in another's boat, to meddle with the affairs of others. [A.S. bát; Dut. boot; Fr. bateau.]
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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boat
(bæt, Sax. boot, Belg.) a small open vessel, conducted on the water by rowing or sailing. The construction, machinery, and even the names of boats, are very different, according to the various purposes for which they are calculated, and the services on which they are to be employed.Thus they are occasionally slight or strong; sharp or flat-bottomed; open or decked; plain or ornamented; as they may be designed for swiftness or burthen; for deep or shallow water; for sailing in a harbour or at sea; and for convenience, or pleasure.The largest boat that usually accompanies a ship is the long-boat, chaloupe, which is generally furnished with a mast and sails: those which are fitted for men of war, may be occasionally decked, armed, and equipped, for cruising short distances against merchant-ships of the enemy, or smugglers, or for impressing seamen, &c.The barges are next in order, which are longer, slighter, and narrower: they are employed to carry the principal sea-officers, as admirals, and captains of ships of war, and are very unfit for sea. See the article BARGE.Pinnaces exactly resemble barges, only that they are somewhat smaller, and never row more than eight oars; whereas a barge properly never rows less than ten. These are for the accommodation of the lieutenants, &c.Cutters of a ship, bateaux, are broader, deeper, and shorter than the barges and pinnaces; they are fitter for sailing, and are commonly employed in carrying stores, provisions, passengers, &c. to and from the ship. In the structure of this sort of boats, the lower-edge of every plank in the side over-lays the upper-edge of the plank below, which is called by shipwrights clinch-work.Yawls, canots, are something less than cutters, nearly of the same form, and used for similar services; they are generally rowed with six oars.The above boats more particularly belong to men of war; as merchant-ships seldom have more than two, viz. a long-boat and yawl: when they have a third, it is generally calculated for the countries to which they trade, and varies in its construction accordingly.Merchant-ships employed in the Mediterranean find it more convenient to use a lanch, which is longer, more flat-bottomed, and better adapted every way to the harbours of that sea than a long-boat. See LANCH.A wherry, diligence, is a light sharp boat, used in a river or harbour for carrying passengers from place to place.Punts, flette, are a sort of oblong flat-bottomed boats, nearly resembling floating stages; they are used by shipwrights and caulkers, for breaming, caulking, or repairing a ship’s bottom.A moses is a very flat broad boat, used by merchant-ships amongst the Caribbee-islands, to bring hogsheads of sugar off from the sea-beach to the shipping which are anchored in the roads.A felucca is a strong passage-boat used in the Mediterranean, from ten to sixteen banks of oars. The natives of Barbary often employ boats of this sort as cruisers.For the larger sort of boats, see the articles CRAFT, CUTTER, PERIAGUA, and SHALLOP.Of all the small boats, a Norway yawl seems to be the best calculated for a high sea, as it will often venture out to a great distance from the coast of that country, when a stout ship can hardly carry any sail.Trim the BOAT! barque-droit! the order to sit in the boat in such a manner as that she shall float upright in the water, without leaning to either side.To bale the BOAT, is to throw out the water which remains in her bottom or the well-room.Moor the BOAT! the order to fasten a boat with two ropes, so as that the one shall counter-act the other.For a representation of some of the principal boats of a ship of war, see plate III. where fig. 1. exhibits the elevation, or side view, of a ten-oared barge; a a, its keel; b, the stern-post; c, the stem; b c, the water-line, which separates what is under the surface of the water from what is above it; e, the row-locks, which contain the oars between them; f, the top of the stern; g, the back-board; f g, the place where the cockswain stands or sits while steering the boat; l, the rudder, and m, the tiller, which is of framed iron.Fig. 2. represents the plan of the same barge, where d is the ‘thwarts, or seats where the rowers sit to manage their oars; f, i, h, the stern-sheets; i k, the benches whereon the passengers sit in the stern-sheets: the rest is explained in fig. 1.Fig 3. is a stern view of the same barge, with the projection of all the timbers in the after-body; and fig. 4, a head view, with the curves of all the timbers in the fore-body.Having thus explained the different views of the barge, the reader will easily comprehend the several corresponding parts in the other boats; where fig. 5 is the plan, and fig. 6 the elevation of a twelve-oared cutter that rows double banked: which, although seldom employed unless in capital ships, because requiring twelve rowers, is nevertheless a very excellent boat, both for rowing and sailing. Fig. 7 and 8 are the head and stern of this boat.Fig. 9 is the plan of a long-boat, of which fig. 10 is the elevation, 11 the stern-view, and 12 the head-view.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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boat
A small open vessel, conducted on the water by rowing or sailing. The construction, machinery, and even the names of boats, are very different, according to the various purposes for which they are calculated, and the services on which they are employed. Thus we have the long-boat and the jolly-boat, life-boat and gun-boat, but they will appear under their respective appellations.--A bold boat, one that will endure a rough sea well.--Man the boat, send the crew in to row and manage it.
Wikipedia 
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A boat is a vehicle used to travel on water. It is smaller than a ship. Some boats have sails, some are powered by rowing with oars, and some use motors.
These boats are usually made of wood. However, some parts are made of metals like steel and aluminium. Expensive boats may have parts from fiberglass or composite materials.
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