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单词 houseboats
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houseboat

noun

house·​boat ˈhau̇s-ˌbōt How to pronounce houseboat (audio)
: a boat fitted for use as a dwelling
especially : a pleasure craft with a broad beam, a usually shallow draft, and a large superstructure resembling a house
houseboater
ˈhau̇s-ˌbō-tər How to pronounce houseboat (audio)
noun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Emoji watcher Jeremy Burge describes his current life on a houseboat as 🦆🛟. Anne Quito, Quartz, 17 July 2022 Manar El-Hagrassy and her elderly parents, along with dozens of other houseboat owners and residents, had their lives upended when the irrigation ministry gave official notice on June 20 that their homes would be confiscated within days. Chao Deng, WSJ, 2 July 2022 This houseboat sleeps four and is close to Elberta and Frankfort. Elizabeth Hosang, Detroit Free Press, 4 June 2022 These included a few days on a houseboat on Lake Powell, a trip to Alamos, Sonora, Mexico, and a trip to the White Mountains, driving home down the Coronado Trail. Paul Messinger, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2022 By then, if nothing changes, she and her houseboat will be gone. New York Times, 29 June 2022 Now simply launching a houseboat into the lake is a challenge. Nick Bowlin, Outside Online, 4 May 2022 Cottonwood Cove offers slip rentals for private boats and rentals of houseboat, powerboats (and jet-skis), canoes or kayaks. Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 23 Apr. 2022 Can solar power save India’s iconic houseboat capital? History, 19 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1772, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

houseboat

noun

house·​boat ˈhau̇s-ˌbōt How to pronounce houseboat (audio)
: a roomy pleasure boat fitted for use as a place to live

houseboats

noun

plural of houseboat
1
as in riverboats

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • riverboats
  • motorboats
  • powerboats
  • pontoons
  • outboards
  • cruisers
  • rowboats
  • paddleboats
  • longboats
  • inboards
  • canoes
  • flatboats
  • skiffs
  • sailboats
  • yawls
  • kayaks
  • barges
  • yachts
  • catamarans
  • bumboats
  • rafts
  • pirogues
  • bateaux
  • cutters
  • sampans
  • boats
  • dinghies
  • dhows
  • coracles
  • lifeboats
  • surfboats
  • keelboats
  • dories
  • towboats
  • scows
  • tender
  • outriggers
  • prams
  • johnboats
  • wherries
  • shallops
  • tugboats
  • schooners
  • dugouts
  • punts
  • keels
  • auxiliaries
  • gigs
  • umiaks
  • sculls
  • jolly boats
  • watercrafts
  • pinnaces
  • dinks
  • catboats
  • lighters
  • piraguas
  • ketches
  • batteaux
  • currachs
  • rowing boats
  • launches
  • ferries
  • curraghs
  • ferryboats
  • narrow boats
  • gondolas
  • shells
  • garveys
  • caïques
  • vessels
  • workboats
  • tugs
  • crafts
  • hoys
  • taxis
  • whaleboats
  • trawlers
  • gillnetters
  • water taxis
  • cobles
  • hookers
  • bankers
  • shrimpers
  • whalers
  • luggers
  • seiners
  • scallopers
  • taxies
  • draggers
  • bottoms
2
as in trailers

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • trailers
  • farmhouses
  • RVs
  • villas
  • homesteads
  • house trailers
  • recreational vehicles
  • mansions
  • mobile homes
  • motor homes
  • haciendas
  • huts
  • rooms
  • double-wides
  • palaces
  • manses
  • shacks
  • manors
  • parsonages
  • manor houses
  • castles
  • apartments
  • flophouses
  • hovels
  • cottages
  • dormitories
  • vicarages
  • boardinghouses
  • shanties
  • condos
  • rectories
  • flats
  • châteaus
  • granges
  • estates
  • condominiums
  • châteaux
  • bungalows
  • dorms
  • hooches
  • barracks
  • penthouses
  • lodging houses
  • hermitages
  • billets
  • cabins
  • rooming houses
  • apartment houses
  • duplexes
  • chalets
  • townhomes
  • tenement houses
  • salons
  • suites
  • McMansions
  • countryseats
  • tenements
  • ranches
  • town houses
  • hutches
  • halls
  • hootches
  • casitas
  • lodgements
  • ranch houses
  • tract houses
  • lodgments
  • triplexes
  • semis
  • condominia
  • saltboxes
  • walk-ups
  • split levels
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